Dems for Deportation? The results of the 2024 election have apparently made an impact on a significant part of the party, if the results of today’s vote on a GOP bill to rapidly tighten federal enforcement on illegal-immigrant lawbreakers.
The bill, named after murdered Georgia student Laken Riley, passed the House yesterday with the support of 48 Democrats in the lower chamber. Today, progressive Senate Democrat Ruben Gallego signed on as a co-sponsor for the Senate version, joining John Fetterman in advancing the bill in the upper chamber:
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on Wednesday became the second Senate Democrat to co-sponsor a Republican-led bill to crack down on illegal immigration ahead of a procedural vote on the measure on Friday.
The Laken Riley Act, which cleared the House on Tuesday with the support of 48 Democrats, would require federal…
