This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.

The bill will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives this week before heading to President Trump to be signed into law.

The Senate on Wednesday adopted the first amendment to the Laken Riley Act, as Republicans push for a legislative win to open the new Congress. The legislation in its current form would mandate

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off President Donald Trump's inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the first measure he likely will sign into law and giving more weight to his plans to deport millions of migrants.

The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, handing an early legislative win to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans,

The U.S. Senate voted 64-35 on Monday to pass the proposed Laken Riley Act and sent the measure to the House of Representatives for consideration.

The Senate approved a bill known as the Laken Riley Act, which is aimed at expanding the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The U.S. House of Representatives gave final passage to a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia woman killed in February 2024 by a man who was in the country illegally, clearing the way for President Donald Trump to sign it into law.