Laken Riley Act

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                                                        Calendar No. 10
119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 29

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 8, 2025

                                Received

             February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025

                          Read the first time

                           February 10, 2025

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

                                 AN ACT

 
  To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody 
 aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Laken Riley Act''.

SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT THEFT.

    Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the comma at 
                the end and inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
                following:
                    ``(E)(i) is inadmissible under paragraph (6)(A), 
                (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a), and
                    ``(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 
                convicted of, admits having committed, or admits 
                committing acts which constitute the essential elements 
                of any burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting 
                offense,'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) Definition.--For purposes of paragraph (1)(E), the 
        terms `burglary', `theft', `larceny', and `shoplifting' have 
        the meaning given such terms in the jurisdiction where the acts 
        occurred.
            ``(3) Detainer.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        issue a detainer for an alien described in paragraph (1)(E) 
        and, if the alien is not otherwise detained by Federal, State, 
        or local officials, shall effectively and expeditiously take 
        custody of the alien.''.

SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A STATE.

    (a) Inspection of Applicants for Admission.--Section 235(b) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
            ``(3) Enforcement by attorney general of a state.--The 
        attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, 
        alleging a violation of the det…