The Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold to begin debate on a GOP priority, with Democrats backing it as the party recalibrates politically on immigration. Final passage is still uncertain.

Newly in the minority, Democrats say they will vote with Republicans to advance legislation that would require federal authorities to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of certain crimes.

More Senate Democrats have indicated they plan to vote to advance the Laken Riley Act in a procedural vote this Friday. The bill — which is named for the Georgia nursing student who was killed by

Newly sworn-in U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank (R-CO) of Colorado’s 5th Congressional District is taking a stand on the novel Laken Riley Act, an immigration bill that would expand the federal government’s mandate to detain immigrants who are illegally in the country.

U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch says he believes Congress has “lost control of the immigration process in this country,” casting Massachusetts’ only yes vote on a bill named after a Georgia nursing