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The Act broadens mandatory pre-conviction detention, materially increasing the restrictiveness of US immigration enforcement.
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Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law
On 29 January 2025 President Donald Trump signed S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, as Public Law 119-1. The law amended specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including by requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody categories of non-citizens described in the statute who are charged with listed offences. This record describes the enacted statutory requirements without inferring an individual detention outcome.
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On 29 January 2025 President Donald Trump signed S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, as Public Law 119-1. The law amended specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including by requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody categories of non-citizens described in the statute who are charged with listed offences. This record describes the enacted statutory requirements without inferring an individual detention outcome.
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