Laken Riley Act

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2025-01-17 — Public Safety First Act: cross-connection with public-safety-first-act: Both measures expand mandatory DHS detention of unlawfully present non-citizens based on property-crime charges or arrests; Public Safety First Act extends a similar detention trigger framework to burglary, theft, larceny, and shoplifting. (novelty: 2)
2025-01-29 — Laken Riley Act: Enacted version expands mandatory DHS detention triggers to include assault on a law enforcement officer and crimes causing death or serious bodily injury (in addition to burglary, theft, larceny, and shoplifting), and authorizes state suits against the federal government over specified immigration enforcement decisions or failures. (novelty: 3)
2025-02-10 — Laken Riley Act: Introduced: Act mandates DHS detention of unlawfully present noncitizens charged with or convicted of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting, and creates a state cause of action to sue the federal government over specified immigration enforcement decisions or failures causing state harm. (novelty: 3)