The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly cleared a key procedural hurdle toward passing the Laken Riley Act, a bill aimed at curbing crime by migrants, in the first vote of the year by the chamber.

The GOP-controlled House voted Tuesday to pass the Laken Riley Act, a bill that prioritizes the arrest of some criminal illegal aliens.

The Laken Riley Act has our full support because it would help save innocent lives and prevent more families from going through the kind of heartbreak we’ve experienced," her family said after the bill passed the US House.