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

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during his White House ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, a bill intended to crack down on illegal immigration, into law on Wednesday. The ...

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) took to Twitter to strongly oppose the Laken Riley Act and then later went on television calling it a “highway to mass deportation.” Her remarks ...

The Laken Riley Act, awaiting President Trump's signature, mandates detention for certain undocumented migrants.

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 ...

Congress appears likely to pass the Laken Riley Act this month. The legislation is branded as targeting noncitizen criminals like the man who murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley last year.