The bill would require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are suspected of minor theft and cede some federal immigration enforcement power to states.

On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted to move the Laken Riley Act forward to another art of the legislative process.

The Laken Riley Act has taken a second major step toward passage as the Senate overwhelmingly voted to allow for debate on the measure. The bill is named after the nursing student killed by a Venezuelan national on the University of Georgia campus.