The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet ...

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

President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant ...

The Laken Riley Act, named for the slain nursing school student who was attacked and killed by a Venezuelan citizen who had ...

The Laken Riley Act, signed into law by President Trump, is named after a Georgia nursing student murdered by an unauthorized ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which is designed to cede some federal immigration enforcement power to the states and usher in a harsher new era of ...

The House voted on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which mandates the deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of nonviolent crimes. ATLANTA - Legislation named in honor of a Georgia nursing student ...

The Laken Riley Act, which moved closer to passing the Senate on Friday, is no exception. Drafted in response to the death of Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by an ...

If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

Deporting criminals, including shoplifters, is a no brainer. But the Laken Riley Act isn’t that simple. The legislation cruising through Congress does not just expand deportation of non-violent ...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to limit debate on the Laken Riley Act, which compels border enforcement officials to take custody of illegal immigrants who commit theft and related crimes.