WASHINGTON >> The Senate on Friday cleared away the final major hurdle to enactment of legislation that would require the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants accused of minor crimes or assaulting a police officer, after several Democrats joined Republicans to advance it.

In a test vote of 61-35 that put the measure on a path to clear Congress within days, 10 Democrats teamed with Republicans to support moving to a final vote in the chamber, enough to surpass the 60-vote threshold to avoid a filibuster. That all but guaranteed that the legislation, which passed the House with bipartisan support last week, would make it to President-elect Donald Trump’s desk to be signed after he is sworn in Monday.

It still must win approval in the Senate in a vote scheduled for late Monday afternoon, just hours after Trump takes office, and return to the House before heading to the White House.

The Senate action came after senators spent several days debating changes to the bill, a process that exposed deep divisions among Democrats over immigration as some in the party move to the right following their party’s electoral losses in November.

The legislation instructs federal officials to detain unauthorized immigrants arrested for or charged with burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting, expanding the list of charges that would subject migrants to detention and potential deportation. Senators this week added assaulting a police officer to the expanded list.

Democrats raised grave concerns about the bill, arguing that it would undermine due process rights for migrants who had not yet been convicted of crimes.