The House of Representatives has approved the first bill of the 119th Congress, legislation that would require federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for certain nonviolent crimes. Forty-eight Democrats sided with Republicans Tuesday voting in favor of the Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old nursing student who was killed by a Venezuelan immigrant last year. Rights groups have condemned the legislation. The Haitian Bridge Alliance called it a “devastating blow to human rights and the core values of compassion and asylum,” adding, “This cruel legislation targets vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers, denying them safety and dignity.”