WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during his White House campaign. Trump said that he appreciated the bipartisan support for his first piece of legislation since he took office on Jan. 20.

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) plans to be at the White House on Wednesday to attend President Trump’s signing of the Laken Riley Act, which seeks to detain migrants charged with some non-violent

President Donald Trump is expected Wednesday to sign the GOP-led Laken Riley Act, crafted to crack down on illegal migrants who have committed crimes. The signing date is being reported by the news outlet Politico. This bill will be the first Trump signs into law during his second term as president.

The bill is named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man without legal status who had a criminal record.

The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of lower-level crimes like shoplifting.

Migrants who commit theft and other crimes are subject to deportation after President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday afternoon.

The bipartisan act, the first piece of legislation approved during Trump’s second term, was named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was slain last year by a Venezuel