The Laken Riley Act was passed by Congress following the election of U.S. President Donald Trump. According to the Associated Press, it would be the first bill signed into law by Trump. 

In the months after University of Georgia student Laken Riley was murdered by an undocumented Venezuelan man, Jose Ibarra, senators from all over the country pushed for legislation requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest illegal aliens who commit theft, burglary, larceny or shoplifting offenses and mandating them to be detained until they are removed from the United States to prevent aliens from committing further crimes or reoffending.