Introduce and work to pass the Detention Authority Clarification Act to reaffirm mandatory detention for illegal entrants.

Ted Budd · North Carolina · Republican

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Occurrences

Senator Budd led colleagues in introducing the Detention Authority Clarification Act to reaffirm mandatory detention for illegal entrants.

Budd announced legislation to reaffirm mandatory detention for illegal entrants.

Budd Leads Colleagues in Introducing Legislation to Prevent Thousands of Illegal Aliens from Escaping Mandatory Detention
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Evidence

AP reported that Republicans were pressing the Senate to take up the House's Laken Riley Act, and Budd said Democrats' commitment to open borders was causing preventable tragedies.

Shows Budd publicly advocating for Senate action on a detention-focused immigration bill in the same policy lane as the claim.

partial same_term A for effort

Democratic senators push bill focusing on local detainment of immigrants linked to violent crime | AP News
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On passage of S. 5, as amended, the Senate recorded Budd (R-NC) as Yea; the bill passed 64-35.

Official Senate roll call confirms Budd voted for final passage of the mandatory-detention bill.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
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Public Law 119-1, the Laken Riley Act, requires detention and issuance of detainers for certain aliens charged with, arrested for, or convicted of theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, or assault of a law enforcement officer.

The detention policy the claim targets was enacted into law, though under the Laken Riley Act rather than the named bill.

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Public Law 119-1
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The House passed S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, on January 22, 2025 by a vote of 263-156.

Confirms the final congressional passage of the detention-focused bill before enactment.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
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Assessments

partial same_term A for effort

The promised named bill was not shown to have passed, and the evidence does not show Budd personally introduced or drove enactment of the Detention Authority Clarification Act. However, during Budd's Senate term Congress did pass and enact the Laken Riley Act, which moved policy in the same direction by mandating detention for certain categories of removable aliens tied to specified crimes. Budd also publicly backed the effort and voted for final passage. Because the enacted law was narrower than the promise to reaffirm mandatory detention for illegal entrants generally, and Budd's documented role here is supportive rather than clearly lead sponsorship, this is partial rather than full delivery.

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