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President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to the White House.
The bill passed the House last week in a 263-156 vote, with 46 Democrats supporting it after the Senate approved the measure in a bipartisan 64-35 vote.
The bill requires the detention of a broad swath of migrants without legal status, including those permitted to enter the U.S. to seek asylum, if they have been accused of theft, burglary or shoplifting.
Some Democrats were in attendance at the White House for the bill signing, including Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) who co-sponsored the legislation in the upper chamber.
The president ran on targeting migrants who have committed crimes as one of his major campaign issues, which resonated with voters who wanted a crackdown on immigration.
The new law is named for Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed by a Venezuelan migrant who was arrested for shoplifting ahead of the attack after he was paroled into the country.
Critics took issue with a provision in the bill requiring a person be detained after being charged for a crime, rather than after they are convicted. House GOP lawmakers first cleared the bill in March, less than a month after Riley was killed, but Democrats controlled Senate at the time.
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