
Laken Riley Act Shows How Wrong Dems Were on Immigration

The swift passage of the Laken Riley Act has Democrats angry with the realization of how wrong they were about how Americans feel about immigration. Such missteps cost them the White House and the faith and trust of the American people for a long time to come.
According to sources, The Laken Riley Act is pissing off the Senate Democratic Conference, as senators believe their party bungled immigration and border security in 2024 and aren’t happy about the swift passage of a bill they view as terrible policy. Democratic critics of the bill believe the rush to pass it is a political overreaction from Democratic colleagues scrambling to protect themselves on those issues.
Some Democratic senators are venting frustration about Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) giving the green light to politically vulnerable colleagues to vote to advance the bill without getting an ironclad guarantee that Democrats would have more opportunity to amend the legislation.
Those Democratic lawmakers have likened the handling of the bill to a disorganized retreat and warn that it has sparked deep frustration in a caucus still stung from the loss of their majority in November.
“There is huge frustration that the bill didn’t go to committee on something so consequential,” fumed one Democratic senator who requested anonymity to discuss the intense debate that rocked the caucus.
“There is huge concern because we’re talking about the mandatory imprisonment based on an accusation without a person even being charged, let alone being convicted, and this applies to kids,” the senator said. “It’s a sweeping assault on core principles, and it doesn’t even have a judicial review component.”
The senator voiced frustration that Senate Democratic leadership didn’t press colleagues to block the motion to proceed to the bill unless Republicans promised more votes on amendments to change the bill on the Senate floor.
Speaking to The Hill, the unnamed lawmaker added, “There is enormous frustration. They put up the white flag from the very beginning and said for too many people [in the caucus] immigration is too toxic, and we have to just get through this without really understanding the gravity of this bill and what it represents in terms of violating the norms — indefinite detention, no judicial review, based on an allegation.”
Democrats facing competitive reelections in 2026 and who represent swing states, however, were eager to vote to advance the bill after President Trump and Republicans bashed their party all year over the murder of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student who was killed by a Venezuelan migrant who entered the country without legal status and was previously arrested in New York and Georgia.
Ten Democrats voted to advance the bill to a final up-or-down vote, including Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who face potentially competitive races next year.
The bill passed the Senate on Monday evening after Trump’s historic second inauguration.
I am confused. I thought it was pretty clear Dems blew it on immigration under Biden even if he deported more than Trump. I thought a lot of Democrats voted for the bill. The ones that didn’t had issues over how is Trump paying for it; think that will be a families going forward. There’s also the concern over basic rights as it will require incarceration without bail, conviction, sentencing, as treating these folks as having less human rights than citizens. Personally. I, and many Democrats, can live with that. Especially if
local governments just bill the fed for the expenses.
Bill’s got a lot of other weirdness but it’s all off the record anonymous sources that I am sure Bill never chatted with so pretty weak tea.
Glad the bill passed, glad a lot of Democrats supported it.
But if Trump would just make e-verify national law, there would be no undocumented working here and that would leave making this law moot.
Just seems we are focusing on political or and grandstanding when the simple fix is fucking in front of their faces. E-verify and the undocumented problem disappears so fast you will need to provide free buses so the newly unemployed don’t rob you for bus fare to get across the border.
Why wouldn’t Trump just do this so we can skip all the border stuff, quit chasing them with ice and just kill the jobs overnight? It’s a Republican bill. It’s a bipartisan bill. It’s a democratic bill. There’s plenty of places to find it. Just fucking quit playing around for pr and pass it.
Frank do you remember the waltons tv show? Do you remember the episode where john boy’s sister caught him jerking off? She had to give him a hand.
Look on utube Frank. I’m sure you will find it. A democrat told me about it
Find what Hammond’s?
Frank the funniest episode was the one where daddy Walton got caught molesting a cow. Do you remember that one?
Seth, Hammonds and Wampler: No, I never has seen The Waltons. I am just not into the stuff you guys are into. I left elementary school humor decades ago. I realize Seth loves a good cow, Wampler needs to jerk off to get some, and Hammonds spends his days looking for this stuff, even asks Democrats for help, but I don’t. Never have. It’s your thing, but the cow stuff may be illegal.
Now, your Felon King pardons child pornographers. Have you heard that joke? It’s on MSM. Or how about the joke where he pardons that huge drug dealer to get some libertarian votes. That’s a great episode.
Or the EJ Carroll episode: “I was extremely confused and suddenly realizing that what I thought was happening was not happening,” Ms. Carroll said. She said she didn’t want to anger Mr. Trump, explaining, “I didn’t want to make a scene.”
She said she pushed him back and he again shoved her against the wall, banging her head. She described how Mr. Trump used his weight to hold her against the wall, then pulled down her tights. Ms. Carroll grew emotional as she testified. “I was pushing him back,” she said. “I was almost too frightened to think if I was afraid or not,” she added later.
“His fingers went into my vagina, which was extremely painful,” Ms. Carroll testified. Then, she said, he inserted his penis.”
Now that was a strange episode.
No evidence. Just a handpicked judge and jury who had no evidence. The only agenda was to get trump. But your crowd failed. The conviction will be overturned. The Carroll law suit will be overturned. But if not, it won’t sink Trump. His wealth has grown by over 3 billion dollars in the last few years. In spite of your communist comrades and Hillary rotten Cunton and her Russia bullshit. It speaks volumes that the people chose trump over kumbreath Harris. Now he’s your big daddy. Are you ready for a great outpouring of MAGA? He’s commander in chief. Ain’t America great??? And you are free to leave anytime. I will even donate to the cause and help pay for your trip. Cuba is close and accessible. And take AC, Tom and the rest of the crew with you.
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