The statement is not 100% exact but close enough for a reasonable person (e.g., claimed 70% vs. actual 65%). Learn more in Methodology.
The statutory text of the Laken Riley Act contains provisions requiring federal detention for noncitizens accused of the listed offenses, and the law was enacted when signed by the President on the stated date.
Primary sources show the Laken Riley Act (S.5, Public Law 119-1) was signed into law on January 29, 2025 and amends 8 U.S.C. 1226(c) to add a subparagraph making aliens who are both inadmissible under certain 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) provisions and charged/arrested/convicted of burglary, theft/larceny/shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or any crime that results in death or serious bodily injury subject to mandatory federal detention and detainer issuance. (See the statute text and official enactment.) Verdict: Close — the claim is largely accurate that the law adds those offenses to the list requiring federal detention and that it was signed on Jan. 29, 2025, but it omits the statutory qualification that detention applies only to aliens who also meet specified inadmissibility criteria (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A),(6)(C), or (7)), so it is not a blanket rule for all noncitizens merely accused of those offenses.