The House cleared legislation Wednesday that would impose stricter penalties on undocumented immigrants who commit crimes in the United States, sending the first bill of this Congress to President Donald Trump in his second administration.
Lawmakers voted 263-156 on the Senate-passed version of the bill, named the Laken Riley Act after a 22-year-old woman murdered last year by an undocumented immigrant who had been released after an arrest. There were 46 Democrats who joined Republicans in support of the bill.
That bipartisan support Wednesday is consistent with a House vote weeks ago to approve the House version of the legislation. In the Senate, 12 Democrats joined Republicans in a 64-35 vote to pass that chamber’s own amended version of the bill Monday, after more than a week of debate, amendments and procedural votes on the measure.
