The Laken Riley Act is poised to be the first piece of immigration legislation Congress sends to President Trump's desk for a signature.

It passed the Senate Monday evening and is expected to pass the House today.

The bill requires federal agents to detain undocumented migrants accused of theft and violent crime.

Named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a rallying cry for more border security and immigration reform.

As senior political correspondent David Cruz reports, activists in New Jersey are now bracing for what comes next.

The bitter cold of this week served as an apt symbol for what the immigrant community is feeling as the second Trump administration, with its harsh rhetoric and promises of mass deportations, begins with bills like the Laken Riley Act, which would jail and deport immigrants who are merely charged with a crime.

There's fear and anger here as immigrants and their advocates prepare to mobilize against it, beginning with a vigil outside the Hackensack office of Congressman Josh Gottheimer, who has said he will vote yes on the bill.

The Lincoln Riley Act is an attempt to categorize all of us as criminals and make and enforce mass deportations to and justly continue and expand the racial profiling of black and brown communities.

And again, our representatives, including Representative Josh Gottheimer, has a responsibility to stand up with New Jersey and stand up for our values and vote no.

The bill has already passed both bodies, and after an amendment will be back in the House where Gottheimer is the only New Jersey Democrat to vote yes.

But that is just the beginning.

All illegal entry will immediately be halted and we will begin the process of returning millions and millions of criminal aliens back to the places from which they came.

An end to birthright citizenship data status and more are part of the president's agenda.

Isabella, who didn't want to give her full name.

Says the uncertainty of the next four years is already proving to be difficult to handle.

It's overwhelming.

So much anxiety, so much pressure to have a backup plan.

I don't know why it's it's hard to think, what else can I do?

It's not I have a degree.

But if I don't have a status, how can I really support myself?

Silvia Nandez is undocumented and has lived half of her 42 years in the U.S., establishing a life of hard work and multiple jobs.

She considers herself an American and now fears that the country she loves is about to make her a target.

I think if there's a papa in America, it was the police or no separate policy and black and yellow.

What is the whether you've been prepared for this or not, the fear is always there.

For instance, my biggest fear is that I'll be arrested and I'll go to jail.

Even though I haven't committed a crime, I've never been in jail.

I've never even stepped foot in a courtroom.

I've never even had a parking ticket.

And that's a big fear for working people.

There are an estimated half million undocumented residents in New Jersey, according to the Pew Research Center.

Around 10 million across the country.

It's unclear what their forced removal would do to the economy, culture and psyche of a country built by immigrants.

But ridding the nation of their presence is a day one priority for the president.

So we may have the answer to that question very soon.

I'm David Cruz.

NJ Spotlight News.