President Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law. Read about the bill and see social media reactions here.

The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.

The law, named after the nursing student killed on the University of Georgia campus, would require federal officials to detain immigrants without legal status accused of theft and violent crimes.