The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. It's the first measure that President Donald Trump likely will sign into law and gives more weight to his plans to deport millions of migrants. Trump has made a broad crackdown on illegal immigration his top priority.
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“We don’t want criminals coming into our country,” Trump told supporters at the Capitol, adding he looked forward to holding a bill signing “within a week or so.”many of former President Joe Biden’s border and immigration programs, turning the United States away from the Democrat’s attempts at more humane immigration policies at a time when record numbers of people were sometimes arriving at the border with Mexico.
The Republican-controlled House passed its version of the bill, but will still need to take up changes made in the Senate. Critics of the bill say that provision will open the door for Republican state attorneys general to wage a legal battle against federal immigration decisions, injecting even more uncertainty and partisanship into immigration policy.
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