Tlaib slams bill to detain immigrants accused of minor crimes, despite bipartisan support

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Republicans cheered the bill's passage, with U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, noting on social media platform X it would be the first major bill Trump signed in his second term.
39% : In his first days in office this week, Trump has signed executive orders declaring an emergency at the border and has plans to begin mass deportations and limit entry into the country, as well as reportedly sending more military units to the border.
19% : While Trump claimed throughout the campaign that crime was up and that immigrants were to blame, data has shown that violent crime has declined, and studies have indicated immigrants commit crimes at a lower rate than native-born Americans.

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