
Josh Riley Votes to Deprive Immigrants of the Right to a Fair Trial
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Why did Josh Riley vote for legislation that will help Donald Trump to enact his plan for fascist scapegoating and punishment of immigrants in America? Ithaca voters want an explanation. So far, Congressman Josh Riley has offered only silence.
The topic of today’s episode is Congressman Josh Riley's vote for H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act. The Laken Riley Act takes away the right to fair trial, not just from undocumented immigrants, but also from many immigrants who are legally authorized to be in the United States, including Dreamers and refugees from political violence.
H.R. 29 requires local law enforcement to send these legal immigrants to squalid Department of Homeland Security prison camps if they have been merely accused of shoplifting a candy bar - even if no criminal charges are filed, or criminal charges are dropped due to lack of evidence or mistaken identity. The State of Texas has offered thousands of acres of its public lands for the construction of massive new prisons that can only be described as concentration camps.
To summarize the problems with H.R. 29:
The bill requires local and state law enforcement to target individuals who are arrested but not charged with any crime, and those charged but not convicted. The new law will ensnare individuals mistakenly arrested due to police errors in a system that deprives them of their rights, sending them off to harsh Department of Homeland Security prison camps. This provision effectively strips individuals of their right to a fair trial, a cornerstone of the American legal system.
The act extends its reach to individuals legally residing and working in the United States, including Dreamers, refugees seeking assylum, legal immigrants awaiting green cards, and even children. The broad scope of the people that H.R. 29 targets creates a huge potential to disrupt the lives of law-abiding individuals and families. Entire communities, including citizens of the United States, will be irreparably harmed, socially and economically, if law enforcement complies with the provisions of this new law.
The legislation empowers states and federal courts to potentially overrule immigration decisions made by the Executive Branch. This shift in power could result in states like Texas inundating federal courts with lawsuits aimed at increasing immigrant detention. A cascade of legal actions by the most extreme MAGA state governments could easily lead to the rapid development of a system of concentration camps with so many prisoners packed so tightly together that human rights abuses would be almost certain to take place.
The Laken Riley Act grants federal courts the authority to impose travel bans on entire countries that refuse to accept deportations from the U.S. This means that foreign students, professional experts, and other people who have been welcomed as legal travelers to the United States could suddenly have their visas revoked. Such travel bans will trigger diplomatic crises, disrupt global trade, and harm the American economy by exacerbating existing trade tensions already made worse by Donald Trump’s belligerent threats and insults of America’s allies.
Congressman Riley's vote for the Laken Riley Act has ignited a fierce backlash among his constituents in Ithaca and Tompkins County. They are outraged at the legislation’s attacks on due process of law, the constitutional right to a fair trial, and its irrational scapegoating of immigrants.
It would be unfair to reject Josh Riley just because of this one vote. Maybe Congressman Riley, newly arrived in Washington DC got in over his head, and made one bad decision.
Josh Riley Watch will keep watching what Josh Riley does with his power as a member of the US House of Representatives, profiling Riley’s actions on significant legislation, whether that action is positive or negative, so that the voters of Ithaca and Tompkins County can make an informed decision in the election of November 2026.