Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) stated on Sunday that the Laken Riley Act, a invoice geared toward curbing crime by migrants, is a “highway to mass deportation.”
“It is essentially a highway to mass deportation, and you can have any number of people picked up and put into the criminal justice system simply for being accused, with no conviction, no admission of guilt,” Jayapal stated in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart.”
“Right now, if you are picked up on shoplifting or theft, and you are actually convicted of that, you are mandatorily detained. If you are picked up and you admit to the crime, you are mandatorily detained. This says you can just be accused,” Jayapal stated.
“And so it is really a massive overstretch,” she added. “It’s a actual drawback, and it’s the method that Republicans are attempting to develop the methods that you could put an undocumented immigrant into the prison justice system with out even a conviction.”
The Senate in a 84-9 vote final week overwhelmingly cleared a key procedural hurdle towards passing the laws with 33 Senate Democrats — together with Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) — becoming a member of with each Republican current to vote “yes.”
It might mandate federal detention of immigrants with out authorized standing accused of theft, housebreaking and different associated crimes.
Thursday’s vote got here two days after the Home cleared the identical measure with 48 Democrats voting in assist.
Senate Republicans expect numerous modification votes on the merchandise this week.
Riley, a Georgia school pupil, was killed final February by a Venezuelan migrant who had been arrested for shoplifting forward of the assault and paroled within the nation. Thursday’s vote occurred the day earlier than Riley’s birthday.
