The Republican-led House voted Wednesday to give final passage to the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered last year by an undocumented immigrant.
The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken Riley Act would be the first law for Trump to sign.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Tuesday said Republican leaders agreed to move President Trump’s legislative agenda in one sweeping bill, a development he shared with reporters after top GOP lawmakers huddled at the White House with the president.