Attorneys general from 20 states are urging the U.S. Senate to quickly confirm President-elect Donald Trump's nominees for attorney general, secretary of Homeland Security, and FBI director.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is reportedly attempting to kill the Laken Riley Act, a bill that requires the DHS to take illegal aliens who have been charged, arrested, or convicted for crimes such as theft, larceny, burglary or shoplifting into custody.

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Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that the Laken Riley Act, named after the 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who an undocumented immigrant murdered, will pass in the Senate with 60 votes or more.

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