Following President Trump's inauguration, the Senate passed the Laken Riley Act aimed at increasing federal authority to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. This legislation, which symbolizes a strong shift towards stricter immigration policies under Republican control, garnered bipartisan support from 12 Democrats. The bill's passage marks a significant move towards Trump's goal of broad immigration enforcement and directly contrasts the previous administration's more lenient policies on immigration. The next step involves the House's approval of the Senate's changes to the initial bill.
"We don't want criminals coming into our country," Trump told supporters at the Capitol earlier Monday, adding he looked forward to holding a bill signing "within a week or so."
Passage of the Laken Riley Act - named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a rallying cry for Trump's White House campaign - was a sign of how Congress has shifted sharply right on border security and immigration.
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