01/21/2025
Anyone with young kids in middle school or high school, make sure to talk to your kids about the Liken Riley Act that will be signed into law soon. It means mandatory immigration detention for minor offenses such as stealing a candy bar. Mandatory detention used to be for drug traffickers and rapists but now will include children stealing a Snickers. No conviction necessary. A citation is enough. Makes total sense. SHM.
Stay strong, familia. The fight is just starting.
The GOP-led bill, which got some Democratic support, will head back to the House for approval before it goes to Trump for his signature.