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House passes immigration measure named for Laken Riley

GOP-led immigration legislation passes House in first bill of new Congress, but faces uncertain future in Senate

The House voted on Tuesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, but the measure faces an uncertain future in the Senate in a sign of the challenges facing Republicans despite controlling both chambers of Congress.

CBS News · 3h

House passes immigration measure named for Laken Riley in first bill of new Congress

The House approved its first policy legislation of the new Congress on Tuesday with a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration.

Washington Examiner · 55m

Senate Democrats wrestle with Republicans’ Laken Riley Act to combat illegal immigration

The votes aren’t yet there to clear the Senate's filibuster, but several Democrats say they’ll support the House-passed bill or expressed openness to it.

National Review on MSN · 2h

House Passes Laken Riley Act Requiring ICE to Detain Illegal Immigrants Suspected of Theft

Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill, which is the first to pass the newly elected House.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution · 2h

Bill named after Laken Riley is first to be passed in U.S. House this year

Bill named after University of Georgia student killed last year would make it easier to deport unauthorized immigrants accused of theft or burglary.

Migrants left stranded in troubled resort

Yahoo · 2h

Migrants left stranded in troubled resort as Mexico disperses them far from US border

About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. After walking for a couple weeks through southern Mexico with hundreds of other migrants,

U.S. News & World Report · 12h

Migrant Arrests at US-Mexico Border Lower Than When Trump Left Office

The number of migrants arrested illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in December was lower than when President-elect Donald Trump ended his first term in 2020, according to preliminary figures shared with Reuters,

ABC7 · 6h

Mexico drops migrants in troubled resort town of Acapulco as it disperses them far from US border

Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border.

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Immigration is a higher priority for Americans than it was a year ago, an AP-NORC poll shows

WASHINGTON — More Americans say immigration should be a top focus for the U.S. government in 2025, as the country heads ...

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Jittery Mexico breaks up caravans, drops migrants in cartel-infested Acapulco ahead of Trump inauguration

The Mexican government has started rounding up and transporting caravan migrants to Acapulco to try to thwart their plans to ...

Latin Times on MSN6h

Venezuelan Migrants To Stand Trial For Murdering Immigration Officer By Throwing Him Down a Hill

The two Venezuelan migrants accused of murdering a Mexican immigration agent right before the new year will remain in jail ...

Houses passes immigration measure named after Laken Riley

House Republicans focused their attention on the border with their first bill of the year, passing legislation — named after ...

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European Court Rules Against Greece in Landmark Immigration Case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled against Greece in a landmark immigration case for illegally deporting a ...

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After record highs, illegal immigration plummets at US-Mexico border

U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 2 million migrant encounters per year each in fiscal 2022 and 2023, numbers that fueled criticism by Republicans about the administration's record on border ...

Migrants Accused of Killing Mexican Immigration Agent

Officials said the agent was attacked by a group of migrants at a checkpoint in the northern state of Chihuahua after asking ...

Aurora, Colo. mayor slams Denver for sending migrants to city: 'Be transparent'

AURORA, Colo. (TNND) — Aurora, Colorado Mayor Mike Coffman, whose city became associated with issues involving illegal ...

Mexican immigration agent killed by Venezuelan migrants near Texas crossing where Tren de Aragua threatened to attack Texas troops

The federal agent, identified as Luis Alberto Olivas García, was ambushed Monday at a checkpoint in the northern state of ...

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Map Shows Which Countries Refuse to Take Back Deported Migrants

President-elect Donald Trump could face blocks to his plans to remove millions of illegal immigrants from countries around ...

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