Democrats in the Senate are on the fence over whether to cross the aisle to help Republicans pass the Laken Riley Act, legislation that cleared the GOP House on Tuesday with bipartisan support and would crack down on illegal immigration.

The House on Tuesday took the first steps toward President-elect Donald Trump’s promised immigration crackdown, passing a bill that would press Homeland Security to detain and deport illegal immigrants arrested for even minor theft crimes such as shoplifting.

The House approved its first policy legislation of the new Congress on Tuesday with a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration.

The House of Representatives is poised to vote on the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday after it easily passed last year.

Seven House Democrats flipped their votes to “yes” on a GOP-led bill named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley that would require detention of migrants arrested for theft. The Laken Riley Act became the first House bill passed this year,

The Laken Riley Act passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the first piece of federal legislation approved by the 119th Congress after the House agreed to its rules for the term.