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Did Don Davis vote for the Laken Riley Act?

Matches stated direction. He voted for it three times in 2024 and 2025; the law requires detention of certain immigrants without legal status charged with crimes such as theft or assaulting police.

Don Davis

The Laken Riley Act

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What they say

In a January 2025 statement on his vote, he said the Laken Riley Act keeps dangerous criminals from slipping through the cracks of the immigration system.

“We have a responsibility to keep our communities safe. The Laken Riley Act ensures our immigration system is not allowing dangerous criminals to slip through the cracks”

What the record shows ·

He voted for the Laken Riley Act three times: on March 7, 2024 (H.R. 7511), January 7, 2025 (H.R. 29) and January 22, 2025 (S. 5). The Senate's version became law on January 29, 2025. It requires immigration officers to detain certain immigrants without legal status who are charged with or arrested for crimes such as theft, burglary, shoplifting or assaulting a police officer.

Limit: This card covers one law. In May 2023 he voted against H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, along with every other Democrat who voted.

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  1. Congressman Don Davis Votes Again for Laken Riley Acthttps://dondavis.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-don-davis-votes-again-laken-riley-act

    Office of Rep. Don Davis · Published Jan 7, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His House office's release on his January 7, 2025 vote for H.R. 29, with his own quoted words.

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  2. Roll Call 66, H.R. 7511, March 7, 2024 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Laken Riley Act, on passage, 251-170. Davis: Yea.

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  3. Roll Call 6, H.R. 29, January 7, 2025 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Laken Riley Act, on passage, 264-159. Davis: Yea.

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  4. Roll Call 23, S. 5, January 22, 2025 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    On passage, 263-156. Davis: Yea, one of 46 Democrats voting Yea.

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  5. S. 5 (119th), Laken Riley Acthttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5

    Congress.gov · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    House passage January 22, 2025, Roll Call 23.

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  6. Public Law 119-1, Laken Riley Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-119publ1

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Jan 29, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Enacted from S. 5 on January 29, 2025. Requires a detainer and custody for certain inadmissible immigrants charged with or arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assaulting a law enforcement officer, or a crime causing death or serious injury.

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  7. Roll Call 209, H.R. 2, May 11, 2023 (document)

    Clerk of the U.S. House · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Secure the Border Act, on passage. Davis: Nay. Democrats: 0 Yea, 211 Nay, 2 not voting.

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