Advocacy groups urge Senate to reject draconian legislation denying Caribbean immigrants due process
As the United States Senate is expected to vote on Friday on a bill passed in the US House of Representatives that would allow the deportation of undocumented Caribbean and other immigrants who are charged with – not found guilty of – nonviolent crimes, including burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting, two Caribbean immigrant advocacy groups have urged the Senate to flatly reject the measure.
Make the Road New York (MRNY) and the San Diego, CA-based Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) on Wednesday joined the New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC), an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York, in strongly condemning the Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29), describing it as “an overreach.”
The legislation is named after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student, who was killed while jogging on Feb. 22, 2024 at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA.
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