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Capito, Justice vote for Laken Riley Act, Secretary of State Rubio appointment

By Steven Allen Adams, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Sen. Jim Justice voted Monday in favor of a bill to place strict penalties on illegal immigrants who commit crimes in the U.S. and to approve President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State.

S.5, the Laken Riley Act, passed the U.S. Senate in a 64-35 vote Monday evening, sending the bill back to the U.S. House of Representatives to concur with changes to the bill.

The Laken Riley Act requires any undocumented immigrant to be held without bail in federal detention facilities and subject to deportation when arrested on certain theft-related misdemeanors, such burglary, shoplifting, and larceny.

The bill would allow state attorneys general to file lawsuits against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice to require enforcement of the act’s provisions.

It would also prohibit the U.S. Secretary of State from issuing visas to citizens of countries who decline to accept the return of deported nationals.

Read more: https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2025/01/capito-justice-vote-for-laken-riley-act-secretary-of-state-rubio-appointment/

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