WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed his first piece of legislation into law that permits the pre-trial detention of illegal migrants accused of theft, burglary or shoplifting.
The Laken Riley Act had earlier won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. It is Trump’s first piece of legislation since he took office on January 20.
“Under the law, I’m signing today, the Department of Homeland Security will be required to detain all illegal aliens who have been arrested for theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assaulting a police officer, murder, or any crime that results in death or serious injury,” Trump said as he signed the Laken Riley Immigration Act into law on Wednesday.