The top line
The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the Raleigh Act, named after a 22-year-old college student who was killed last February, on Wednesday, a day after the Senate passed it, potentially making it the first bill President Arranged for Donald Trump signed the law into law in his second term.
Sen. Katie Burt, R-Ala., center, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., GOP whip, left, and … [+]
Key facts
The House passed the bill 263-156, with 46 Democrats crossing party lines to support it and all Republicans voting in favor.
gave Legislation Immigration and Customs Enforcement is required to detain undocumented immigrants who have been charged, arrested or convicted of theft, burglary, theft or shoplifting.
Amendments Assaulting a Senate-approved law enforcement officer and causing death or bodily injury are among the crimes that allow ICE to detain someone.
The bill passed the House in the last Congress, but the Democratic-controlled Senate never took it up, and President Joe Biden has not indicated whether he would sign it.
Riley, a nursing student in Georgia, was murdered in February, and in November a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant was found guilty of her murder.
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Key background
Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan immigrant, was found guilty by a judge in November of aggravated murder, aggravated murder, kidnapping with bodily injury and more, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. was Riley was found dead near a lake at the University of Georgia on February 22, 2024 after her friend reported that she had run away and not returned, and Ibarra was named a suspect the next day. He crossed the border illegally and was arrested in September 2022, but was released pending his trial. He was arrested again in 2023 in New York but released. Riley’s death quickly became a way for the GOP to make immigration a political focal point last year, with Republicans led by Trump calling Riley’s death “a border invasion (that) is destroying our country and killing our citizens.” After Ibarra was convicted and sentenced, Trump said “It’s time to secure our border, and get these criminals and thugs out of our country, so nothing like this happens again!”, in a post on Truth Social.
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