Some Democratic Representatives have joined their Republican colleagues to support President Donald Trump's plans to crackdown on illegal immigration.
The US House of Representative has signed off on a bill requiring the detention of unauthorised migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.
Some Democratic Representatives have joined their Republican colleagues to support President Donald Trump's plans to crackdown on illegal immigration.
Many see the passage of the Laken Riley Act, which was named after a Georgia nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan man, as a sharp shift to the right of the political debate over immigration.
One Republican legislator called the law the most significant immigration enforcement bill" to be passed by Congress in nearly three decades.
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