A GOP proposal billed as a crackdown on migrant-linked crime would have sweeping effects on immigration litigation, reshaping how judges review disputes and giving state officials a fast track to challenge policies in federal court.
Republicans now lead both the House and Senate and are kicking off the new Congress with legislation named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed last year by an immigrant in the country illegally.
The proposal (H.R. 29) aims to lock up noncitizens charged with shoplifting and other theft-related crimes, but it goes much further — giving state attorneys general standing to ...