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 ...

President Donald Trump will soon sign the Laken Riley Act, which will require the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants arrested for violent crimes, theft, burglary or shoplifting. Laurie ...

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 ...

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 U.S. Senate expanded the list of criminal charges that could lead an undocumented immigrant to be deported before approving the Laken Riley Act.

The U.S. House passed the Laken Riley Act to detain undocumented individuals charged with nonviolent crimes. Named after a ...