ATLANTA – Legislation named in honor of a Georgia nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant Wednesday became the first bill signed into law by President Donald Trump.

The Laken Riley Act requires federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to arrest, detain and deport illegal immigrants who commit nonviolent crimes including theft, burglary, larceny or shoplifting.

Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, was murdered last February while jogging on the campus of the University of Georgia. An illegal immigrant from Venezuela was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without parole. Jose Ibarra had previously been detained on shoplifting charges but was released from custody.

“This horrific atrocity should never have been allowed to happen,” Trump said during a ceremony at the White House. “As president, I’m fighting every single day to make sure such a tragedy never happens again.”

Both of Georgia’s Democratic senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, supported the Republican-sponsored bill, as did two of the state’s five Democratic representatives – Lucy McBath of Marietta and Sanford Bishop of Albany. All nine Republicans in the state’s congressional delegation also supported the measure.

Riley’s parents and a sister attended Wednesday’s bill-signing ceremony, as did Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns, R-Newington, and Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who presides over the state Senate.

Trump pledged on the campaign trail last year to clamp down on illegal immigration, making the issue a centerpiece of his successful bid for a second nonconsecutive term in the White House. Since taking office last week, he has ordered the nation’s southern border closed.

“There’s nobody waiting to get in,” he said. “That’s what we’ve been working on for a long time.”