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H.R. 29119th CongressImmigration
Laken Riley Act
Sponsored by Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) · 54 active : 53 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 10.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate9 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedJan 7, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govLaken Riley Act
This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. The bill also authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement.
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Under this bill, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.
The bill also authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100. Specifically, the state government may sue the federal government over a
decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;
failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;
failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;
violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or
How the projections held up
Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.
House
On PassagePassed264 yea, 159 nayJanuary 7, 2025 · Roll call 6
| BandBand before the vote | VotedVoted yea or nay | BrokeBroke with party | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swing | 33 | 18 | 55% |
| Middle | 164 | 28 | 17% |
| Entrenched | 217 | 2 | 1% |
| All |
Committees and subjects
Committees
- House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReferred to
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Civil actions and liability
- Crimes against property
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Detention of persons
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intergovernmental relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- State and local government operations
- Visas and passports
How the Senate breaks down
- 9Swing 70–100
- 62Middle 30–70
- 29Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
54 activeShow all 54 cosponsors
- Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
- Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9)
- Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13)
- Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2)
- Austin Scott (R-GA-8)
- Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11)
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)
- Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
- Brian Babin (R-TX-36)
- Brian Jack (R-GA-3)
- Burgess Owens (R-UT-4)
- Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
- Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2)
- David Kustoff (R-TN-8)
- Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1)
- Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL)
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1)
- Erin Houchin
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
