The Laken Riley Act is on its way to President Donald Trump's desk as the first bill he will sign into law. Here's what this strict immigration measure means for the undocumented. The immigration ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (South Dakota), left, with fellow Republican senators James Lankford (Oklahoma) and Ted Budd (North Carolina), meets with journalists about the Laken Riley Act on ...

The first of these is the Laken Riley Act, being reintroduced by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and teed up for a vote by the end of the week. The measure was named for the 22-year-old Augusta ...

Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday helped Republicans advance an immigration bill named after murdered nursing student Laken Riley, but some experts are questioning whether they really know ...

The Laken Riley Act would require ICE to detain immigrants without legal permission who commit theft-related crimes. The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student killed by an immigrant without ...

But that is a gross mischaracterization. Rather, the Laken Riley Act would impose sweeping changes to the immigration system that raise serious constitutional concerns. It would penalize ...

The House voted 264-159 to pass the Laken Riley Act, with 48 Democrats joining ... some of whom committed high-profile violent crimes upon entering the U.S. illegally. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a ...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said Sunday he is “a no” on the Laken Riley Act “as currently written.” “As currently written, I’m a no because it opens the doors for people simply being ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) navigated the Laken Riley Act through his chamber’s cumbersome voting procedures. Getty Images Immigration officials have said Ibarra illegally crossed ...

The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of significant legislation to President Trump’s desk for his expected ...

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 ...

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