Georgia sheriffs slow to implement new federal immigration law due to lack of funding
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 ...
Laken Riley Act: What the strict deportation measure means for undocumented immigrants
The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...
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How the U.S. Turned Away From the Death Penalty and Toward ‘Death by Incarceration’
People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...
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President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law after Georgia college student was killed last year
President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. It's the first bill Trump signed in his second term as president.
Caregiver charged with murder of toddler on Manitoba First Nation
BLOODVEIN FIRST NATION — Manitoba RCMP say a woman has been charged in the death of a toddler in her care. Police say the injured two-year-old was brought last week into the nursing station on the ...
WATCH: Trump signs Laken Riley Act in honor of murdered AU student
A suspect has been charged with assault/attempted murder after two separate verbal altercations turned violent in Beech ...
Trump signs Laken Riley Act, the tough migrant crime bill backed by Kelly, Gallego and Hobbs
President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant in February of 2024.
‘I was going to murder her’: 81-year-old arrested for fatally strangling wife in Sumner County
The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for first-degree murder charge after the 81-year-old reportedly told police ...
Roswell couple killed in double shooting in Alabama; suspect arrested
ETOWAH COUNTY, Ga. — A man is facing charges after a Roswell couple was shot and killed in Alabama on Tuesday evening.
Laken Riley Act: Illegal immigration front and center as Trump signs his 1st bill into law
The Laken Riley Act was named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed in 2024 while out for a run by a Venezuelan ...
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Senate passes 'Laken Riley' crime bill with support from Sens. Mark Kelly, Ruben Gallego
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 ...