Landmark Immigration Bill Targets Loophole

Source: FOX News

Summary

Sena­tors are push­ing to close a de­cades-old im­mi­gra­tion loop­hole they claim was heav­i­ly abused by the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion. Sen. Katie Britt’s bill, the Keep­ing Our Com­mu­ni­ties Safe Act, would pre­vent de­tained il­le­gal im­mi­grants from be­ing re­leased back into the U.S. if their home coun­tries won’t ac­cept their re­turn. Britt said the bill would “cinch tight” the loop­hole cre­at­ed by a 2001 Supreme Court rul­ing. The bill has 11 Sen­ate Repub­li­cans as co-spon­sors.

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As ex­pect­ed, the mat­ter has reached an­oth­er stage.

Sen. Katie Britt is lead­ing the ef­fort to close the im­mi­gra­tion loop­hole. She said the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion ex­ploit­ed this loop­hole. The bill would ex­pand the Depart­ment of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty’s au­thor­i­ty to de­tain crim­i­nal aliens. The bill has been cir­cu­lat­ing in Con­gress since 2011. Sen. Britt tried to get it passed dur­ing the Biden ad­min­is­tra­tion.

The bill is a re­peat­ed at­tempt to ad­dress a long-stand­ing is­sue.

Author: Evan Null