The Laken Riley Act is a rule that says if someone who is not from the U.S. is charged with stealing, the police must take them into custody. It also lets states ask for help in court if they think the government isn't following this rule and they lose more than $100 because of it.

The Protecting American Jobs Act is like changing the rules of a game: it wants to make sure that a special group (the National Labor Relations Board) can only make rules about how they do their own work, not about how people should behave at work. Instead of going to this group when people have workplace problems, they might need to go to court, which could make things take longer and cost more.