"Federal agents block people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a nearby licensed cannabis farm on July 10, 2025, near Camarillo, California. Mario Tama / Getty Images Eleven Democrats voted with Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Thursday to advance the so-called Stop Illegal Entry Act, which critics have condemned as "dangerously overbroad" as well as "dehumanizing and horrific." The final vote was 226-197."
"After Thursday's vote, Mike Zamore, the ACLU's national director of policy and government affairs, warned that "HR 3486 would supercharge President Trump's reckless deportation drive, which is already damaging our economy and destabilizing communities." "This legislation would hand the Trump administration more tools to criminalize immigrants and terrorize communities at the same time they are deploying federal agents and the military to our streets. It would also undermine public safety by diverting more resources away from youth services and prevention programs that actually improve co"
Federal agents blocked people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm near Camarillo, California, on July 10, 2025. The House advanced HR 3486, the Stop Illegal Entry Act, by a 226-197 vote, with 11 Democrats joining Republicans. The Democrats who supported it included Henry Cuellar, Don Davis, Laura Gillen, Jared Golden, Vicente Gonzalez, Adam Gray, Kristen McDonald Rivet, Frank Mrvan, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Tom Suozzi, and Gabe Vasquez. Introduced by Rep. Stephanie Bice and Sen. Ted Cruz, HR 3486 would increase sentences for undocumented immigrants who repeatedly enter the United States illegally or who enter and then commit a felony. The bill still needs Senate approval and has the support of President Donald Trump. Civil liberties advocates called the measure "dangerously overbroad," "dehumanizing and horrific," and warned it would supercharge deportation efforts, destabilize communities, criminalize immigrants, and divert resources from youth services and prevention programs.
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