Democrat Says She Regrets Voting With Republicans On Immigration Bill
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Rep. Jahana Hayes said she will remain “very cautious and careful” when negotiating her votes with Republicans moving forward.
Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) admitted she regrets siding with her Republican colleagues when voting in favor of a migrant detention bill earlier this year, saying she trusted the Trump administration at the time to work with Democrats.
“As I’ve thought about it over the past couple of months, I probably would have voted differently. It’s a vote that I regret,” Hayes said at a CNN town hall on Thursday.
Hayes and 45 other House Democrats voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act, a bill named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by a Venezuelan migrant. It required that migrants without legal status who are accused of crimes ranging from theft to violence be detained, even if the allegation has not been proved.
The bill also passed the Senate, and Trump signed it into law in January.
Many critics of the law, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) raised concerns over due process rights for migrants at the time, an issue that has been highlighted more in recent months following the Trump administration’s aggressive push against immigrants.
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