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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that might require the detention of illegal immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. This is the primary bill that President Donald Trump can sign because Congress has acted quickly with some bipartisan support, according to his plans to combat illegal immigration.

The passage of the Laken-Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by a Venezuelan last yr, shows how far the political debate over immigration has shifted to the fitting following Trump's victory. Immigration policy has often been some of the entrenched issues in Congress, but a key faction of politically vulnerable Democrats joined with Republicans to overturn the tough proposal for passage by a vote of 263-156.

“For decades, it has been nearly impossible for our government to agree on solutions to the problems at our border and within our country,” said Sen. Katie Britt, a Republican from Alabama. She called the law “perhaps the most significant immigration enforcement legislation” Congress has passed in nearly three a long time.

Still, the bill would require a large expansion of the capability of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but doesn’t provide any recent funding.