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US lawmakers have begun the voting to expand pre-trial incarceration for foreign criminal suspects.
The Laken Riley Act, named for a 22-year-old student murdered by a Venezuelan man with no papers who was wanted for shoplifting, calls for the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes.
The newly elected Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson told reporters ahead of the vote that “As promised, we’re starting today with border security. If you polled the populace and voters, they would tell you that that was the top of the list.
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