Legislation introduced by Rep. Mike Collins awaits signature from President Trump.
The Laken Riley Act, originally introduced in the House by Georgia Congressman Mike Collins, has officially passed through Congress and will go to the desk of President Trump to be signed into law.
It originally passed the House of Representatives with 264-159 vote earlier this month, which included 48 Democrats. On Monday the United States Senate also passed it with a bi-partisan 64-35 vote. Twelve Democrat Senators voted with Republicans to pass the measure.
The bill went back to the House of Representatives to be finalized today. It passed with a vote of 263-156.
This law will make it easier for local and state law enforcement agencies to have criminal illegal aliens deported for crimes committed within their respective jurisdictions. For instance, the criminal who killed UGA student Laken Riley in Athens last year would have been eligible for ICE detainment and deportation after his arrest for shoplifting, which occurred prior to Riley’s murder.
The Georgia Republican Party is pleased to see Senators Ossoff and Warnock obeyed our request and decided to vote in the affirmative.
However, we are disappointed to see Georgia Democrat House Reps. Sanford Bishop, David Scott, Hank Johnson, and Nikema Williams vote against it. Hopefully the Georgia based Capitol Hill reporters will ask these Congressional members why they voted to support safeguards for criminal illegals.