This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.

The bill will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives this week before heading to President Trump to be signed into law.

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Fox News senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports on the Senate’s approval of the Laken Riley Act, designed to combat illegal immigration, on ‘The Faulkner Focus.’

We are delivering on our promises to make the American people safer,’ Senator Katie Britt said before the vote.

The U.S. Senate voted 64-35 on Monday to pass the proposed Laken Riley Act and sent the measure to the House of Representatives for consideration.

The Senate approved a bill known as the Laken Riley Act, which is aimed at expanding the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The long-pushed Laken Riley Act could be one of the first bills to hit President Trump's desk in his new term.

The U.S. Senate has passed the Laken Riley Act in a 64 to 35 vote. The bill requires federal immigration authorities to detain illegal migrants, who are accused of theft-related crimes. The legislation is named after a Georgia nursing student who was killed by an illegal immigrant.