The House of Representatives passed the Republican-led Laken Riley Act—named for a 22-year-old college student who was murdered last February—on Wednesday, one day after the Senate approved it, setting it up to potentially be the first bill President Donald Trump signs into law in his second term in office.
Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., center, is joined by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, and ... [+]
The House passed the bill 263-156, with 46 Democrats crossing the party line to support it and all Republicans voting in its favor.
The legislation requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain undocumented immigrants who have been charged with, arrested for or convicted of burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting.
Riley, a nursing student in Georgia, was murdered in February, and in November a 26-year-old undocumented immigrant was found guilty of her murder.
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