Washington, Jan. 23 -- The Republican-controlled US Congress handed President Donald Trump an early win in his crackdown on illegal immigration, passing a bill to expand pretrial detention for foreign criminal suspects, media reported.

This will mark President Trump's first piece of legislation that will be signed into law during his second term. The Laken Riley Act mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants charged with theft-related crimes.

The bill passed the Senate with a 64-35 vote earlier this week, following which the House of Representatives approved it with a 263-256 vote. Receiving bipartisan support, apart from Republicans, 46 Democrats voted for it in the House and 12 voted to support it in the Senate.

The Laken Rile...