The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress.

The House approved its first policy legislation of the new Congress on Tuesday with a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration.

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed its first major piece of legislation of the new Congress, the Laken Riley Act, to mandate immigration officials detain illegal immigrants who

House Republicans focused their attention on the border with their first bill of the year, passing legislation — named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley — that would require detention of

The House of Representatives is poised to vote on the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday after it easily passed last year.

The Laken Riley Act passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the first piece of federal legislation approved by the 119th Congress after the House agreed to its rules for the term.

The House passes the Laken Riley Act in their efforts to amp up border enforcement and put pressure on Democrats who slammed the bill.