General Discussion

"A Democrat in contact with the Hill said that Republicans who had been pushing the Laken Riley Act as a political messaging exercise did not anticipate that it would become law. 'Republicans were surprised by how many Democrats folded like cheap fucking suits.'"

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fear-is-the-point


First the background. The Laken Riley Act is unprecedented in modern U.S. history. It requires the federal DHS bureaucracy to build billions of dollars in new infrastructure to cage any undocumented person *even accused* of petty theft, shoplifting, or several other property crimes.

THREAD. It's important for all people of good will to understand the Laken Riley Act before the Senate votes on it tomorrow. It’s unconstitutional. It’s horrific in every word and clause. But there is a deeper, more imminent violence lurking beneath its hate-filled text.

— alec karakatsanis (@equalityalec.bsky.social) 2025-01-14T15:50:41.560Z