National Immigration Project: Practice Advisory: The Laken Riley Act’s Mandatory Detention Provisions
The Laken Riley Act expands mandatory detention for immigrants arrested for property crimes. For details, check out the National Immigration Project: Practice Advisory: The Laken Riley Act’s Mandatory Detention Provisions:
“On January 29, 2025, President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act (LRA) into law. The law expands no-bond detention for certain noncitizens in immigration proceedings . . . . The goal of this practice advisory is to support practitioners in defending noncitizens impacted by the LRA’s detention provisions. It summarizes the law’s detention provisions, discusses groups of noncitizens whose detention should not be impacted by the LRA, provides potential arguments for a narrow interpretation of the provisions’ scope, describes procedural options for contesting a client’s mandatory detention under the LRA, and identifies considerations for criminal defense attorneys.”
KJ