Congress handed President Donald Trump his first legislative victory on Wednesday with the House passing the Laken Riley Act, which requires the detention of illegal aliens accused of an array of crimes.

The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes

A crucial faction of 46 politically vulnerable Democrats joined with Republicans to lift the strict proposal to passage on a 263-156 vote tally.

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.