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Liberty Politics

Laken Riley Act (S. 5, final passage)

House vote · S. 5 · On Passage · January 22, 2025BordersKey vote, counts double

Requires detention of illegal immigrants charged with theft, burglary, assaulting an officer, or crimes causing death or serious injury, and lets states sue over enforcement failures. Signed into law in January 2025.

Liberty position: Yea
The House voted: 263 Yea, 156 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: Mandatory detention of criminal aliens. The task brief names this bill.

Counted under the measure Stops mass migration.

The bill on Congress.gov The official roll call

The count

422 current members of Congress were in the House for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side: 259; 212 Republicans, 46 Democrats, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side: 150; 150 Democrats
Not counted: 13; 1 Republican, 12 Democrats

On the liberty side

259 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

150 current members voted Nay.

Not counted

13 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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