The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial. The bill, named after Laken Riley - a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man - passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senate.

Eager to show lessons learned from November’s blistering election losses, Democrats are on the cusp of helping Republicans deliver President Donald Trump his first legislative victory only days into his second term.