The Arizona senator said he’s breaking with a party that’s “largely out of touch with where your average Latino is.”
The GOP-led bill, which got some Democratic support, will head back to the House for approval before it goes to Trump for his signature.
Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly
Ten Democrats voted with Republicans on Friday to ensure the Laken Riley Act, an anti-immigrant police state measure, arrives in time for Trump’s inauguration, even after Republicans rejected their amendments.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he plans to meet with President-elect Trump at his resort in Florida, likely the first Democratic lawmaker in the upper chamber to meet with the incoming commander-in-chief since his general election victory in November last year.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed its first bill of the 119th Congress, the Laken Riley Act. The legislation deals with a key campaign priority for Republicans in the 2024 elections: border security.
Arizona may have illustrated the situation most vividly, as both Trump and Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego won more than 50 percent of voters. Gallego, who had been a House member ...
The senators said they would cooperate with the GOP to address "pressing border security and immigration needs”
The Laken Riley Act, a bipartisan bill to crack down on illegal immigration, is set to clear the House and land on Trump’s desk on just his third day in office.
Mark Kelly of Arizona, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) saying they are willing to provide the
On Monday evening, just hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act, an extreme bill that would allow for the deportation and detention of any undocumented immigrant merely suspected of a nonviolent crime. And they did it with the help of 12 Democrats.
Folks, Greetings from the Burgh, where many immigrants rights activists are upset with Senator John Fetterman . Fetterman Abandons Pledge to Protect Dreamers Yesterday, the United States Senate passed the Laken Riley Act by 64-35 with 12 Democrats voting in favor of the bill.