The measure's bipartisan approval reflects broad support for cracking down on crime perpetrated by illegal immigrants.
Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The Democratic supporters were Sens. Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Mark Kelly
Kelly and Gallego joined eight other Senate Democrats to help the Republican-led immigrant crime bill thwart a filibuster.
Arizona may have illustrated the situation most vividly, as both Trump and Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego won more than 50 percent of voters. Gallego, who had been a House member ...
Ruben Gallego is cosponsoring a Republican-led measure ... Jacob Peters, a spokesman for Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said he will also be backing the bill. “Senator Kelly will vote for the Laken ...
Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz ... Ten U.S. Democratic Senators, including Gallego and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., voted 61-35 on Friday to advance the bill, narrowly overcoming the 60-vote threshold ...
The senators said they would cooperate with the GOP to address "pressing border security and immigration needs”
Mark Kelly of Arizona, sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R., S.D.) saying they are willing to provide the
Kelly led 12 of his colleagues in a letter to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Wednesday morning that pleaded with the GOP to work on a bipartisan basis rather than ramming through the party’s plans on its own.
An amended version of the Laken Riley Act passed through the Senate Monday night with bipartisan support in a vote of 64 to 35.
Alabama’s junior senator planted her flag and impressed politicos, pundits, and constituents alike when she built a historic bipartisan coalition supporting her strong bill that combats both illegal immigration and rampant crime.
Senate passage gives Trump a legislative victory on his first day back in the White House and jump-starts his sweeping agenda to curb illegal immigration.