After the murder of Laken Riley last year by a Venezuelan migrant, Georgia enacted a law meant to crack down on illegal immigration. But a lack of funding is dampening its effect. Support NPR and hear ...

Federal prosecutors and New York officials sparred after an illegal immigrant was released from custody despite an outstanding federal arrest warrant.

President Donald Trump says he's directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 ...

People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

A suspect has been charged with assault/attempted murder after two separate verbal altercations turned violent in Beech ...

President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant in February of 2024.

The Laken Riley Act was named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed in 2024 while out for a run by a Venezuelan ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support ... Jose Antonio Ibarra, the Venezuelan national indicted on murder charges, has come to symbolize a slow-moving deportation ...

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

The Laken Riley Act is expected to become law and increase immigration detentions but will depend in New York on state and ...