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PHOENIX – Several Arizona Democrats have taken action to move the Laken Riley Act, a Republican immigration enforcement bill, closer to becoming law. In fact, Sen. Ruben Gallego cosponsored the ...
The last time the Laken Riley Act came up for a vote was in March 2024. At that time, all of Arizona's U.S. House members voted in favor of it, except for Grijalva and Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., ...
said Arizona State University political science professor Francisco Pedraza. Pedraza noted that nine of the 12 Democratic senators who voted for the Laken Riley Act were from states considered ...
The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — ...
(Arizona’s senior Democratic senator ... Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a Laken Riley Act opponent who helped craft last year’s ill-fated bipartisan border bill. “I won’t speak for my colleagues ...
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A U.S. Senator from Arizona is cosponsoring a bill ... is cosponsoring the bill, which has been named the “Laken Riley Act.” The act would mandate that U.S. Immigration ...
PHOENIX – Arizona’s newest Democratic member of Congress explained Tuesday why she opposes the Laken Riley Act, a bill with broad bipartisan support from other state leaders. Rep. Yassamin ...
Laken Riley’s murder became a rallying cry for ... Freshman Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona expressed his support for the act Wednesday in a post on social media.
Arizona’s newly minted Democratic senator has announced he is backing the Laken Riley Act, a bill advocates say would eliminate due process for immigrants living in the country illegally.
Of the Democrats in Arizona’s congressional contingent, only freshman Rep. Yassamin Ansari has come out against the Laken Riley Act, voting against it in the House. Ansari, who represents ...
Arizona Democrats were bracing for an anti ... Greg Stanton — criticizing their support of the Laken Riley Act. The bill, which has passed both houses of Congress and is now heading to Trump ...
Rep. Gabe Vasquez, D-N.M., touted his vote against the Laken Riley Act and bashed President Donald Trump's administration at an April event, saying deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia, along with other ...