2 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 29
Summary
12 Democrats, including Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff, voted in January 2025 for the Laken Riley Act, undercutting Republican Senate nominee Mike Collins’s claim that Ossoff voted against it.
Collins made the charge in a July social media post and repeated in August on Newsmax that Ossoff “never lifted a finger” to help pass the bill.
The law—President Trump’s first signed measure after returning to the White House—requires authorities to detain and deport unauthorized immigrants accused of certain crimes.
Georgia is one of several competitive Senate races where both parties are sharpening attack lines, with immigration emerging as a central issue in Collins’s challenge to Ossoff.