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Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles and Joan E Greve in Washington

Laken Riley Act passes US House, sending anti-immigrant bill to Trump

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Anti-Trump activists protest in Chicago's Loop on the day of Donald Trump's inauguration. Photograph: Armando L Sanchez/TNS/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

The US House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill requiring the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes, sending the proposal to Donald Trump’s desk and giving the new president his first legislative victory as he presses his hardline immigration agenda on multiple fronts.

The House vote was 263 to 158, with 46 Democrats joining every present Republican in supporting the Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan national who was in the US unlawfully. The House vote came two days after the US Senate passed the legislation in a vote of 64 to 35, with a dozen Democratic members backing the bill.

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