Dems’ Surrender to Trump on Laken Riley Act Is About to Get Much Worse
As some Senate Democrats prepare to try to amend the awful new immigration bill, will the party unite and try to force Republicans to accept changes? The prognosis is not great.
by Greg Sargent
The slow-motion surrender of some Democrats to President-elect Donald Trump on the Laken Riley Act was already looking pretty grim last week, when 48 House Democrats joined Republicans in supporting it. Now, as the Senate considers the bill—which would mandate the federal detention of undocumented immigrants accu…
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