But Gallego announced on Wednesday that he’s co-sponsoring the Laken Riley Act — the one that requires any undocumented immigrant accused of so much as shoplifting a stick of gum to be locked ...

Sen. Ruben Gallego of Arizona is backing the GOP's Laken Riley Act, joining two other Democrats who have pledged to support it during a floor vote on Friday.

Ruben Gallego's decision to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act days after being sworn into the U.S. Senate quickly cast the freshman Democrat into the national spotlight.

In backing the Laken Riley Act, ... Sen. Ruben Gallego poses for a portrait in his temporary office on Capitol Hill on Jan. 17. | Francis Chung/POLITICO. By Daniella Diaz 01/21/2025 04:45 AM EST.

Ruben Gallego's support of Laken Riley Act proves that elections matter | Opinion A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable for Ruben Gallego to support a bill that eliminates due process ...

Democratic Senators from Arizona voted alongside Republicans on Friday to advance a tough immigration crime bill, the Laken Riley Act. Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., cosponsored the bill that ...

ABC15 Phoenix, AZ. Senator Ruben Gallego on Laken Riley Act as it heads to the house for vote. Posted: January 9, 2025 | Last updated: March 6, 2025 ...

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) is cosponsoring the bill, which has been named the “Laken Riley Act.” The act would mandate that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detain ...

Gallego wasn’t the first Democratic senator to back the Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant last year — that was Sen. John Fetterman (D ...

Sen. Ruben Gallego once was a hardliner in support of immigrant rights. Yet he's now a co-sponsor of the Laken Riley Act.