Bipartisan support pushes Laken Riley Act through U.S. House

  • U.S. Representative Mike Collins states his case March 7 on the U.S. House of Representatives floor regarding his Laken Riley Act, introduced in response to a brutal murder two weeks earlier at the University of Georgia in Athens. CONTRIBUTED
    U.S. Representative Mike Collins states his case March 7 on the U.S. House of Representatives floor regarding his Laken Riley Act, introduced in response to a brutal murder two weeks earlier at the University of Georgia in Athens. CONTRIBUTED
On March 7 the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 7511, the Laken Riley Act,as legislation to give ICE and state governments more tools in the fight against illegal alien crime. The bill passed 251-170, with 37 Democrats joining all House Republicans in support.Republican Representative Mike Collins, who represents Georgia’s 10th congressional district (locally including Greene,…

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