Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his goal of curbing illegal immigration.

Trump called it a "tremendous tribute" to the Georgia nursing student whom the legislation is named after. The law required federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants before their conviction if they are accused of crimes like theft, burglary, and violent crimes.

President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be detained and potentially deported even before a conviction.