Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act, which exploits an awful tragedy to drastically expand mandatory detention and facilitate mass deportations by further weaponizing the criminal punishment system. It will lead to many more people being detained without access to bond and will have a disproportionate impact on Black and brown communities. It will also give power to anti-immigrant state attorney generals to sue the federal government to target, detain and deport specific people, overturn humanitarian parole decisions, and stop issuing visas to people from certain countries. The bill passed the House with the support of 48 Democrats and it moves to the Senate as early as Thursday (TODAY!).

Please join CAN in demanding that the Senate reject this bill by sending a NO recommendation to your Senators TODAY.