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 ...

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 ...

Greg Stanton already did. But Gallego announced on Wednesday that he’s co-sponsoring the Laken Riley Act — the one that requires any undocumented immigrant accused of so much as shoplifting a ...

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