The move came after 22-year-old Laken Riley, an Augusta University nursing student, was murdered late last month while on a morning run.
The “Laken Riley Act” easily passed 251-170 with all Republicans and 37 Democrats voting for it.
The border crisis has become a key issue in the presidential election in the wake of Biden's decision to remove the restrictions that former President Donald Trump had put in place to help protect the country against illegal immigrants. Biden's decision has resulted in millions of illegals flowing across the border over the last three years, as well as tons of the deadly fentanyl drug.
“Republicans will not stand for the release of dangerous criminals into our communities, and that's exactly what the Biden administration has done,” Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson told Fox News.
Riley's death has become a rallying point against the Biden border policies after authorities arrested Jose Ibarra, a Venezuelan man who entered the U.S. illegally and was allowed to stay to pursue his immigration case. He has not yet entered a plea to the charges.
U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement said Ibarra was arrested by New York police in August and charged with acting in a manner to injure a child less than 17 and a motor vehicle license violation. Ibarra was released before ICE could ask New York officials to hold him until immigration authorities could take him into custody, ICE said. New York officials claim they have no record of the arrest.
The legislation passed Thursday would also allow states to sue the federal government for crimes committed by illegals.
