Laken Riley Act

Pima County Prosecutor Warns CORCA Would Repeat Failures of Laken Riley Act

A coalition of more than 130 immigration, civil rights, criminal justice reform, and pro-democracy organizations is urging Senate Democrats to reject the Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, or CORCA, warning that the legislation would dramatically expand the Department of Homeland Security’s surveillance authority and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s role in investigations traditionally handled by state and local law enforcement.

ICE Is Denying People Bond to Keep Them Locked Up

The Trump administration’s new policy of denying judges the discretion to grant bond to anyone held in ICE detention, coupled with the Laken Riley Act and the One Big Beautiful Bill, threatens to send thousands more people into already appalling conditions while awaiting their immigration trials, compounding injustice and straining an already broken system.