WASHINGTON — Democrats are afraid, very afraid. This week, 12 Senate Democrats and 46 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the Laken Riley Act, which requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.

Expect President Donald Trump to sign the measure and declare victory.
For decades, Democrats were stalwart in their defense of state and local sanctuary policies that shield illegal immigrants who committed additional crimes in the United States from federal law enforcement. Sometimes it felt as if there was a sign at the Southwest border that said, “Criminals, welcome.”
Trump promised a different approach, which he sees as key to his November victory. For four years under President Joe Biden, law-abiding Americans fumed when they watched illegal immigrants flout the law and even get taxpayer-funded benefits as a reward. The worst offenders had little fear of the consequences.
In February, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student, was beaten to death and asphyxiated by a Venezuelan migrant.
Jose Antonio Ibarra crossed the border illegally in 2022 and was released on temporary protected status. He then headed to New York City, a sanctuary city inside a sanctuary-friendly state.
In the Big Apple, according to the New York Post, Ibarra was arrested “for child endangerment after blitzing through the streets of Queens on a moped with his wife’s five-year-old son holding on for dear life.” He remained free and he got a free plane ticket so he could move to Atlanta, where he was cited for shoplifting. When he didn’t show up in court, a warrant for his arrest was issued.
You have to figure that every time offenders like Ibarra see themselves skating after breaking the law, they are emboldened to commit more crimes.
Last year, Ibarra was sentenced to life for Riley’s murder — a killing that would not have occurred if Ibarra had been deported.
Riley’s horrible ...