Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) He admitted that he regrets being at the beginning of his Republican colleagues when he voted in favor of a migrant detention bill earlier this year, saying that he trusted the Trump administration at that time to work with the Democrats.

“As I thought in recent months, I would probably have voted differently. It is a vote that I regret.” Hayes said in a City Council of CNN Thursday.

Representative Jahana Hayes said he regrets that the Trump administration would work with the Democrats.
Representative Jahana Hayes said he regrets that the Trump administration would work with the Democrats.

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Hayes and 45 Other Chamber Democrats voted YoIn favor Laken Riley’s law, a bill that bears the name of a Georgia nursing student killed by a Venezuelan migrant. Migrants without legal status were required to be accused of crimes ranging from theft to violence are arrested, even if the accusation has not been proven.

The bill also approved the Senate and Trump signed it in January.

Many critics of the law, including the representative. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) raised concerns about due process for migrants at that time, a problem that has been More in recent months After the aggressive impulse of the Trump administration against immigrants.

“In this bill, if a person is accused of a crime, if someone wants to point out a finger and accuse someone of robbery in stores, it would be locked and put in a private and envoy camp for deportation without a day in court.” OCCASI-CORTEZ SAID.

Hayes told the host Kaitlan Collins who voted for the legislation due to a “small part” that covers crimes that “caused injuries or death to a police officer.” She said she believed at that time that the Trump administration would work with the Chamber Democrats.

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“I trusted that this administration … if they wanted to have border security, they wanted to work with the Democrats, which we could really move forward,” said Hayes. “I am not really sure of that because I have seen the rhetoric that has come out and the attacks that have been aimed at immigrants. So I am very cautious and careful when I am negotiating my votes in the future.”

The Derek Tran representative (D-Calif.) Also spoke in the City Council and seemed less unfortunate about his vote, stating that he draws “a line when it comes to crime.”

He added: “I think when you commit a crime, you should be deported.”