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 bill is named after Laken Riley, a nursing student who was killed last year. The legislation would require federal ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, the House passed the Laken Riley Act a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the Laken Riley Act Thursday afternoon and at least one of Georgia’s Senators has confirmed they’ll vote to pass the bill.

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 ...

One can argue about whether Congressional Republicans appropriated the murder of Georgia nursing ... Days after Riley’s death last year, the House approved the Laken Riley Act.

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 ...

Alabama Republican Senator Katie Britt (left) and Georgia Republican Representative Mike Collins are the main backers of the Laken Riley Act, which first passed the House last year. Alabama ...