On Monday evening, just hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act, an extreme bill that would allow for the deportation and detention of any undocumented immigrant merely suspected of a nonviolent crime. And they did it with the help of 12 Democrats.

Some Republicans on Capitol Hill were particularly critical of the pardons for those convicted of assaulting police officers, while others declined to defend Trump's move.

Washington D.C. police pushed back the supporters of January 6 detainees after it became clear that not all prisoners would be immediately released following President Donald Trump's pardon. Newsweek sought email comment from the Washington, D.C. prison service on Monday.