The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...

The Laken Riley Act mandates detention for unauthorized immigrants accused of crimes. With bipartisan support, it empowers ...

The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of lower-level crimes like shoplifting.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...

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

Trump's administration is set to sign the Laken Riley Act into law, focusing on the detention and potential deportation of ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

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The bill, known as the Laken Riley Act, is binding only on federal authorities, not on state and local law enforcement agencies. The legislation was given final approval by the House on Wednesday ...

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.