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Border state Democrat Ruben Gallego backs GOP's Laken Riley Act ahead of Senate vote

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Ruben Gallego , D-Ariz. , becomes the second Democrat to co-sponsor the Laken Riley Act , which will get a vote on the Senate floor Friday .

The measure would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and detain illegal immigrants that have committed theft, burglary or shoplifting until they are deported.

The bill was named for the 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who was found dead on the University of Georgia campus in February .