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 ...

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

On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed in February by a man who was in the country illegally. The Laken Riley Act would ...

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Trump is claiming a mandate to terrorize communities and edit the Constitution like a Wikipedia page, while his opponents and ...

The Laken Riley Act would subject immigrants who entered the country illegally to detainment if they are charged with or arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault on an officer, or a ...

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 ...

Newly in the majority, Senate Republicans have made the so-called Laken Riley Act -- named after a Georgia student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man -- a top priority, potentially ...