Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., center, joined from left by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., speaks to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was killed last year by a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)