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President Trump's promise to crack down on illegal immigration is moving forward on two more fronts this morning.
Yeah, NPR has learned the Pentagon will be sending roughly 1,500 active duty troops to the U.S. border with Mexico. And on Capitol Hill, Congress passed the Lake and Riley Act, a bill that makes it easier to detain and deport anyone in the U.S. without legal status if they've been charged with a crime.
NPR immigration policy reporter Ximena Bustillo has been following all this. And she's with us now in our studios in Washington, D.C. to tell us more about it. Good morning, Kamana.
Good morning.
So let's start with the Lake and Riley Act. This will be the first immigration bill that President Trump will sign. What exactly will it do?
The bill makes it easier for federal immigration authorities to detain and deport anyone without legal status for crimes like shoplifting, assaulting a police officer, or causing bodily harm to another person. The bill is named after a Georgia woman who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who was in the U.S. without legal status. Supporters argue that this will increase public safety. The man who was sentenced to life in prison for killing Riley had previously been charged with shoplifting. Proponents say that if he had been detained by immigration officials sooner, Riley might still be alive. But others oppose the bill and say that it bypasses due process. since a person won't have to be convicted of a crime to be detained or deported.
Immigrant rights groups also argue that research shows immigrants commit fewer crimes than those born in the U.S. These same advocates say the bill also pushes a false narrative about a connection between crime and immigration status.
You know, most Democrats oppose the bill, but some did support it. I mean, enough that it can credibly say it passed with bipartisan support. What does that say about the politics of immigration right now?
Right. This time around, 46 Democrats in the House joined Republicans in supporting it. When the bill passed the Senate, 12 Democrats voted for the bill. That is one sign of how some Democrats are shifting on immigration, especially after Trump made immigration a central plank of his campaign.
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