President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, the first bill he has approved since returning to office, into law at the White House on Wednesday.

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President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, January 29.

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The measure, which increases deportations for undocumented migrants charged with crimes, is likely to be the first bill to reach President Trump’s desk. It must pass one more House vote to clear Congress.

The United States Senate passed the Laken Riley Act on Monday, a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to take illegal aliens who have been arrested, charged, or convicted of crimes such as theft, burglary, shoplifting, or larceny into custody.

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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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Ten Democrats joined Republicans in voting to advance the measure in a critical test vote that put it on track for quick enactment under President-elect Donald J. Trump.

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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Most Democrats joined Republicans in voting to take up the measure, which would require the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants charged with minor crimes.