Legislation that would allow federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants accused of thefts and related crimes is gaining support despite costs of enforcement and due process concerns.

A GOP-led bill that would hold migrants in the country illegal accountable for committing crimes gained momentum in the Senate and beat the filibuster in an 84 to 9 vote. Utah Republican Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act,

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before Republicans can declare victory.

Providing a “smooth transition” for incoming President Donald Trump, Democrats joined with Republicans to advance the “Laken Riley Act,” which will greatly empower anti-immigrant attorneys general and racist police to imprison and deport immigrants,

What a difference 10 months—and an election cycle—can make.

Democrats will face an early test on how to navigate immigration under President-elect Trump on Thursday when the Laken Riley Act becomes the first bill to hit the Senate floor. The bill, which

The bill would require the government to detain migrants living in the country illegally who are suspected of crimes, even if they are not charged.

The US Senate has advanced the controversial Laken Riley Act, an anti-immigrant bill mandating the imprisonment of any non-US national charged with theft.