Senate clears final filibuster on Laken Riley Act; bill would deport criminal migrants

Stephen Dinan, The Washington Times

Senators cleared the final filibuster test for the Laken Riley Act, setting up a final vote on

legislation that would push the administration to detain and try to deport even lower-level criminal migrants. The 61-35 vote saw 10 Democrats join with Republicans, underscoring the shifting politics of immigration after four years of border chaos. The bill is named after a Georgia nursing student slain last year by an illegal immigrant who amassed a criminal record here before killing Riley. Among those arrests was one for shoplifting.