The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or who admit to committing certain crimes. These crimes include burglary, larceny, theft, shoplifting, assaulting a police officer, and any crime that results in death or bodily injury.

The Laken Riley Act, named for the slain nursing school student who was attacked and killed by a Venezuelan citizen who had entered the U.S. illegally, is the first legislative win of Trump's second term.