Democrats' anti-ICE fervor eclipses Laken Riley's murder by illegal immigrant, the law named for her
It may have seemed a logical vote at the time for Rep. Angie Craig, who early last year backed a bill named after slain nursing student Laken Riley that pressed Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants who commit even relatively minor crimes such as shoplifting. But now, 18 months later and seeking Democrats’ nomination for Minnesota’s open U.S.
- ▪It may have seemed a logical vote at the time for Rep.
- ▪Angie Craig, who early last year backed a bill named after slain nursing student Laken Riley that pressed Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants who commit even relatively minor crimes such as shoplifting.
- ▪But now, 18 months later and seeking Democrats’ nomination for Minnesota’s open U.S.
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It may have seemed a logical vote at the time for Rep. Angie Craig, who early last year backed a bill named after slain nursing student Laken Riley that pressed Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants who commit even relatively minor crimes such as shoplifting. But now, 18 months later and seeking Democrats’ nomination for Minnesota’s open U.S. Senate seat, Ms. Craig can’t stop apologizing. That included a mea culpa to the state’s largest newspaper in March, saying, “I regret my vote.” Her chief rival in the primary, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, is determined to make her feel that regret, regularly pointing to the get-tough immigration policy as proof Ms. Craig isn’t right for a state that saw two deaths of U.S.
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