Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) all told HuffPost they stood by their decision to vote for the Laken Riley Act early in 2025. But the highest-profile apology has come from Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.), who unexpectedly backed away from the law after facing heavy criticism from her more progressive opponent for the Democratic Senate nomination in Minnesota. The Laken Riley Act, which Congress approved with bipartisan margins, is named after a Georgia student who was killed by an undocumented immigrant in 2024. AdvertisementLed by the encouragement of Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), twelve Senate Democrats joined every Senate Republican in backing the bill the day Trump took office. “The people who voted for the Laken Riley Act, they need to take extra care to be able to take ownership for what they got wrong,” he said.

Source: Huffington Post April 02, 2026 10:15 UTC