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Laken Riley Act amendment: add crimes causing death or serious injury

Senate vote · S. 5 · On the Amendment · January 20, 2025Borders

Added crimes that cause death or serious bodily injury to the offenses that trigger mandatory detention of illegal immigrants.

Liberty position: Yea
The Senate voted: 75 Yea, 24 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side: Widens detention of criminal aliens.

Counted under the measure Stops mass migration.

The bill on Congress.gov The official roll call

The count

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

On the liberty side: 72; 49 Republicans, 22 Democrats, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side: 24; 23 Democrats, 1 Independent
Not counted: 0

On the liberty side

72 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

24 current members voted Nay.

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