Amendment · S.Amdt. 26· Senate(119-SAMDT-26)

S.Amdt. 26

Age: 63 years

Delaware

Introduced: 1/14/2025
Sponsored by: Christopher Coons
Cosponsors: None

Changes bill: 119-S-5 — Laken Riley Act

Introduced
Pending Consideration
Failed

This amendment was never taken up, and the bill finished without it. It was never voted on.

What this amendment would do

Mr. Coons submitted an amendment to the bill S. 5, which requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody certain aliens charged with theft.

The purpose of this amendment is to add the specific words manifestly unlawful to several spots within the bill text. It specifically aims to change or add the following:

Insert the words manifestly unlawful before the word violation in multiple places on pages 3, 5, 6, and 7.
Strike the phrase an action and replace it with a manifestly unlawful action on page 4.