118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7511 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into 

custody aliens who have been charged in the United 

States with theft, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Laken Riley Act’’. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the Nation— 

5 (1) mourns the devastating loss of Laken Riley 

6 and other victims of the Biden administration’s open 

7 borders policies; 

8 (2) honors the life and memory of Laken Riley 

9 and other victims of the Biden administration’s open 

10 borders policies; and 

11 (3) denounces the open-borders policies of 

12 President Joe Biden, ‘‘Border Czar’’ Vice President 

13 Kamala Harris, Secretary of Homeland Security 

14 Alejandro Mayorkas, and other Biden administration 

15 officials. 

16 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con17 gress that— 

18 (1) the Biden administration should not have 

19 released Laken Riley’s alleged murderer into the 

20 United States; 

21 (2) the Biden administration should have ar22 rested and detained Laken Riley’s alleged murderer 

23 after he was charged with crimes in New York, New 

24 York, and Athens, Georgia; 
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1 (3) President Biden should publicly denounce 

2 his administration’s immigration policies that re3 sulted in the murder of Laken Riley; and 

4 (4) President Biden should prevent another 

5 murder like that of Laken Riley by ending the catch6 and-release of illegal aliens, increasing immigration 

7 enforcement, detaining and removing criminal aliens, 

8 reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy, ending his 

9 abuse of parole authority, and securing the United 

10 States borders. 

11 SEC. 3. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT 

12 THEFT. 

13 Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

14 Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’; 

17 (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 

18 comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

19 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(E)(i) is inadmissible under paragraph 

22 (6)(A), (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a), and 

23 ‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 

24 convicted of, admits having committed, or ad25 mits committing acts which constitute the es-
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1 sential elements of any burglary, theft, larceny, 

2 or shoplifting offense,’’; 

3 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para4 graph (4); and 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 

8 (1)(E), the terms ‘burglary’, ‘theft’, ‘larceny’, and 

9 ‘shoplifting’ have the meaning given such terms in 

10 the jurisdiction where the acts occurred. 

11 ‘‘(3) DETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 

13 in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not other14 wise detained by Federal, State, or local officials, 

15 shall effectively and expeditiously take custody of the 

16 alien.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A 

18 STATE. 

19 (a) INSPECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION.— 

20 Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

21 U.S.C. 1225(b)) is amended— 

22 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para23 graph (4); and 

24 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol25 lowing: 
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1 ‘‘(3) ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL

2 OF A STATE.—The attorney general of a State, or 

3 other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of 

4 the detention and removal requirements under para5 graphs (1) or (2) that harms such State or its resi6 dents shall have standing to bring an action against 

7 the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf of 

8 such State or the residents of such State in an ap9 propriate district court of the United States to ob10 tain appropriate injunctive relief. The court shall ad11 vance on the docket and expedite the disposition of 

12 a civil action filed under this paragraph to the great13 est extent practicable. For purposes of this para14 graph, a State or its residents shall be considered to 

15 have been harmed if the State or its residents expe16 rience harm, including financial harm in excess of 

17 $100.’’. 

18 (b) APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF ALIENS.— 

19 Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

20 U.S.C. 1226), as amended by this Act, is further amend21 ed— 

22 (1) in subsection (e)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘or release’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘grant, revocation, or de25 nial’’ and insert ‘‘revocation or denial’’; and 
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(f) ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A

3 STATE.—The attorney general of a State, or other author4 ized State officer, alleging an action or decision by the 

5 Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security 

6 under this section to release any alien or grant bond or 

7 parole to any alien that harms such State or its residents 

8 shall have standing to bring an action against the Attor9 ney General or Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf 

10 of such State or the residents of such State in an appro11 priate district court of the United States to obtain appro12 priate injunctive relief. The court shall advance on the 

13 docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed 

14 under this subsection to the greatest extent practicable. 

15 For purposes of this subsection, a State or its residents 

16 shall be considered to have been harmed if the State or 

17 its residents experience harm, including financial harm in 

18 excess of $100.’’. 

19 (c) PENALTIES.—Section 243 of the Immigration 

20 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by add21 ing at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(e) ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A

23 STATE.—The attorney general of a State, or other author24 ized State officer, alleging a violation of the requirement 

25 to discontinue granting visas to citizens, subjects, nation-
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1 als, and residents as described in subsection (d) that 

2 harms such State or its residents shall have standing to 

3 bring an action against the Secretary of State on behalf 

4 of such State or the residents of such State in an appro5 priate district court of the United States to obtain appro6 priate injunctive relief. The court shall advance on the 

7 docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed 

8 under this subsection to the greatest extent practicable. 

9 For purposes of this subsection, a State or its residents 

10 shall be considered to have been harmed if the State or 

11 its residents experience harm, including financial harm in 

12 excess of $100.’’. 

13 (d) CERTAIN CLASSES OF ALIENS.—Section 

14 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

15 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 

17 it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se18 curity’’; and 

19 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(C) The attorney general of a State, or other au21 thorized State officer, alleging a violation of the limitation 

22 under subparagraph (A) that parole solely be granted on 

23 a case-by-case basis and solely for urgent humanitarian 

24 reasons or a significant public benefit, that harms such 

25 State or its residents shall have standing to bring an ac-
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1 tion against the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf 

2 of such State or the residents of such State in an appro3 priate district court of the United States to obtain appro4 priate injunctive relief. The court shall advance on the 

5 docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed 

6 under this subparagraph to the greatest extent prac7 ticable. For purposes of this subparagraph, a State or its 

8 residents shall be considered to have been harmed if the 

9 State or its residents experience harm, including financial 

10 harm in excess of $100.’’. 

11 (e) DETENTION.—Section 241(a)(2) of the Immigra12 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(2)) is amend13 ed— 

14 (1) by striking ‘‘During the removal period,’’ 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During the removal 

17 period,’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(B) ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GEN20 ERAL OF A STATE.—The attorney general of a 

21 State, or other authorized State officer, alleging 

22 a violation of the detention requirement under 

23 subparagraph (A) that harms such State or its 

24 residents shall have standing to bring an action 

25 against the Secretary of Homeland Security on 
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1 behalf of such State or the residents of such 

2 State in an appropriate district court of the 

3 United States to obtain appropriate injunctive 

4 relief. The court shall advance on the docket 

5 and expedite the disposition of a civil action 

6 filed under this subparagraph to the greatest 

7 extent practicable. For purposes of this sub8 paragraph, a State or its residents shall be con9 sidered to have been harmed if the State or its 

10 residents experience harm, including financial 

11 harm in excess of $100.’’. 

12 (f) LIMIT ON INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—Section 242(f) 

13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

14 1252(f)) is amended by adding at the end following: 

15 ‘‘(3) CERTAIN ACTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall 

16 not apply to an action brought pursuant to section 

17 235(b)(3), subsections (e) or (f) of section 236, or 

18 section 241(a)(2)(B).’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives March 7, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7511 

AN ACT 

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 

purposes. in the United States with theft, and for other take into custody aliens who have been charged