WASHINGTON–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Monday released the following statement after voting against final passage of the Laken Riley Act:

“This bill comes with an astronomical price tag and will create more problems than it solves. It will make our immigration system more chaotic and our country less safe. Under this bill, people charged with serious crimes will be released because detention centers will be forced to detain a child who stole a pack of gum from a gas station instead. It is fitting that President Trump’s first Executive Actions and the first bill he signs into law won’t do anything to fix our immigration system or make our country safer.”

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