The bill makes it extremely difficult to release any detained undocumented person back into America if they have been arrested under suspicion of theft.

Below is a detailed—but old—discussion from April 2024. I'm still looking for a more recent breakdown. Let me know if you find one, I'll update this when I wake up

https://www.lexisnexis.com/community/insights/legal/immigration/b/insidenews/posts/the-proposed-laken-riley-act-is-even-worse-than-it-seems

  • Hexboare [they/them]
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    12 days ago

    Under a provision of the bill that has gotten little attention, federal courts in places like Texas and Louisiana could hear lawsuits seeking to impose sweeping bans on all visas from countries such as India and China.

    Another year, another mile deeper into the cool zone

    • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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      12 days ago

      Oh look, they're going after other minorities when the getting rid of the first group of scapegoats didn't actually solve the problems of capitalism.