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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Trump Signs the Laken Riley Act Into Law as His Administration's First Legislation [Watch (HLS stream): Trump Signs the Laken Riley Act Into Law as His Administration's First Legislation](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ZRWouq9f.m3u8) (1:37)  _Published 2025-01-29. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation. It mandates the detention and potential deportation of people in the U.S. illegally who are accused of theft and violent crimes before they've actually been convicted._ --- Jan 29, 2025 10:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Republicans and Democrats React to The Laken Riley Act Passing the House](/video/bfoW55Jt/) ### Republicans and Democrats React to The Laken Riley Act Passing the House [Man Convicted of Killing Laken Riley Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole](/video/XpANrV3B/) ### Man Convicted of Killing Laken Riley Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole [The Supreme Court Just Handed the Trump Administration's DACA Strategy a Major Blow](/video/IjUawJVe/) ### The Supreme Court Just Handed the Trump Administration's DACA Strategy a Major Blow --- ## Transcript In a few moments, the Lincoln Riley Act will become the very first bill that I proudly sign into law as the 47th president of the United States. While on a run, Lincoln was attacked, viciously assaulted, beaten, brutalized, and murdered by an illegal alien gang member who was set loose into our country by the last administration. Today, I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay. Most people don't even know about it. We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people. Some of them are so bad, we don't even trust the countries to hold them because we don't want them coming back. So we're going to send them out to Guantanamo. This will double our capacity immediately. Right. And tough. That's a tough. That's a tough place to get out of. Today's signings bring us one step closer to eradicating the scourge of migrant crime in our communities, once and for all. In honor of Lincoln Riley, come on up here. 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