If a bill that the House of Representatives passed Tuesday becomes law, undocumented immigrants arrested for nonviolent crimes will be targeted for deportation.
The bill was named after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student killed last year in Georgia by an undocumented immigrant who was arrested and charged with shoplifting but wasn’t detained. It passed in the House Tuesday by a 264–159 margin, with every Republican voting for it.
They were joined by 48 Democrats, despite the fact that the bill doesn’t require a conviction or charge, but merely an arrest, to target an undocumented immigrant. These Democrats appear to be supporting the GOP’s rhetoric demonizing all undocumented immigrants, seeking to penalize them merely for being suspected of a crime.
With Donald Trump’s promised mass deportations likely coming soon after his inauguration in less than two weeks, the 48 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act appear to be surrendering early. Seven of them even voted against the bill in March, only to vote for it Tuesday. Here is the list of all 48 Democrats, with the seven who changed their votes in bold:
Brendan Boyle—Pennsylvania Nikki Budzinski—Illinois Janelle Bynum—Oregon Jim Costa—California Joe Courtney—Connecticut Angie Craig—Minnesota Henry Cuellar—Texas Sharice Davids—Kansas Don Davis—North Carolina April McClain-Delaney—Maryland Chris Deluzio—Pennsylvania Shomari Figures—Alabama Laura Gillen—New York Marie Gluesenkamp Perez—Washington Jared Golden—Maine Vicente Gonzalez—Texas Maggie Goodlander—New Hampshire Adam Gray—California Josh Harder—California Jahana Hayes—Connecticut Steven Horsford—Nevada Val Hoyle—Oregon Marcy Kaptur—Ohio Greg Landsman—Ohio Susie Lee—Nevada Mike Levin—California Stephen F. Lynch—Massachusetts John Mannion—New York Lucy McBath—Georgia Kristen McDonald Rivet—Michigan Dave Min—California Joseph Morelle—New York Jared Moskowitz—Florida Frank J. Mrvan—Indiana Chris Pappas—New Hampshire Josh Riley—New York Hillary J. Scholten—Michigan Kim Schrier—Washington Terri A. Sewell—Alabama Eric Sorensen—Illinois Greg Stanton—Arizona Suhas Subramanyam—Virginia Tom Suozzi—New York Emilia Sykes—Ohio Dina Titus—Nevada Ritchie Torres—New York Derek Tran—California George Whitesides—California Read More Details
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