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

The first of these is the Laken Riley Act, being reintroduced by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and teed up for a vote by the end of the week. The measure was named for the 22-year-old Augusta ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (South Dakota), left, with fellow Republican senators James Lankford (Oklahoma) and Ted Budd (North Carolina), meets with journalists about the Laken Riley Act on ...

The Laken Riley Act would require ICE to detain immigrants without legal permission who commit theft-related crimes. The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student killed by an immigrant without ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which is designed to cede some federal immigration enforcement power to the states and usher in a harsher new era of ...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to limit debate on the Laken Riley Act, which compels border enforcement officials to take custody of illegal immigrants who commit theft and related crimes.

The Laken Riley Act would require ICE to detain immigrants without legal permission who commit theft-related crimes. The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student killed by an immigrant without ...