Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...

President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration. It's named after a slain Georgia nursing ...

The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held ...

The bill is named after Laken Riley, a nursing student who was killed last year. The legislation would require federal ...

As Congress worked to pass the Laken Riley Act, strengthening immigration enforcement powers in the name of a murdered University of Georgia student, much remained unknown about how the law would work ...

One can argue about whether Congressional Republicans appropriated the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley for political gain. The 22-year-old Riley went for a run last February and ...

The United States House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, Jan. 22, requiring local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants in the ...

“The bipartisan Laken Riley Act would not only address glaring ... The bill is named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was attacked, viciously strangled and beaten to death by ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is telling lawmakers that the Laken Riley Act, an anti-illegal immigration bill expected to hit President-elect Trump’s desk in the coming weeks, will ...