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Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., the lead GOP sponsor of the Laken Riley Act, told fellow Senate Republicans on Wednesday that she and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., secured enough Democratic support to vault the bill over a filibuster on Thursday.
But Democrats aren’t just looking to pass the bill, which would detain undocumented immigrants accused of theft and other crimes, and call it a day. Instead, several Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., told Semafor they want an amendment process on the bill.
Some ideas the Democrats are kicking around include addressing how the bill would deal with DREAMers and states’ ability to sue the federal government over immigration law. “We think it could be improved,” Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., told Semafor.