The White House is reserving judgment regarding whether President Joe Biden would sign the Republican-proposed Laken Riley Act into law.
“The process is still playing out,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Friday. “We want to evaluate the bill. We haven’t done that yet.”
The Laken Riley Act passed the Senate’s 60-vote threshold on Thursday with bipartisan support, so the chamber can start debating the Republican priority measure. Democrats have indicated they will advocate amendments, though the party’s posture concerning immigration has become more conservative since the 2020 election before becoming a wedge issue for last year’s contest between President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
