U.S. President Donald Trump has enacted a new immigration detention law following the House’s final approval of the bill, which passed with a vote of 263-156.
Gatekeepers News reports that The bipartisan support included 46 Democratic lawmakers aligning with all Republican representatives in favor of the legislation.
In his remarks following the signing, Trump celebrated the measure, linking it to his immigration agenda’s success during the electoral campaign. He expressed gratitude to both Republican and Democratic lawmakers for their efforts in advancing the bill to his desk.
“That’s why I’m here instead of somebody else. Actually, it’s the biggest reason,” Trump said in remarks in the East Wing of the White House.
He noted that the law is “going to save countless innocent American lives.”
Trump praised Riley as “a light of warmth and kindness,” thanking her parents and sister who attended the bill signing.
The president said the cause had brought together Democrats and Republicans.
“That’s not easy to do,” Trump said. “Laken did it. America will never ever forget Laken Hope Riley,” he stated.
The Laken Riley Act bears the name of the nursing school student who was murdered last year in Athens, Georgia.
A Venezuelan citizen who entered the US illegally was convicted of her murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
