Summary

Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, expanding mandatory detention for undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes and allowing state attorneys general to sue over immigration enforcement.

Despite warnings from civil rights groups and some Democrats about racial profiling and due process violations, the bill received bipartisan support.

Critics like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Cory Booker argue that Democrats who backed it succumbed to conservative fear-mongering, potentially harming immigrants and undermining civil rights.

  • @jordanlundM
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    6510 hours ago

    Same as always… Republicans block when they’re in the minority, Democrats cave.

    • Verdant Banana
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      9 hours ago

      how else would they put on the sham act of elections here in the United States?

      Democrats are for the people and always fight on their side but the evil Republican villains blocked all their attempts to help

      one side has to be “good” and the other “bad” otherwise the very thin veil of fog would lift and reveal the citizens are standing on one side of the gorge with the politicians of both sides on the other with the check writers pulling the strings

      not caving but just part of the plan

      look like the good party but in actuality just wolves in sheep’s clothing

      • @ChonkyOwlbear
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        99 hours ago

        You are giving them all way more credit for competence and organization than they deserve.

        • @SoftestSapphic
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          128 hours ago

          The good cop bad cop duopoly has been in effect in the united states since citizens united.

          Both sides literally do whatever their rich donors tell them. Because they will lose their campaign funds and won’t be allowed to stay in office if they defy their owners.