The Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes ...

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

The law is named for the nursing student killed on the campus of the University of Georgia in 2024. Novak Djokovic makes ...

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 ...

There's a popular mantra among skeptics of government power that goes like this: If a law is named after a person, it's ...

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 Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now ...

The Laken Riley Act, as the bill is known, directs the authorities to deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — ...

New members of Congress got to work this week. The GOP-controlled House of Representatives passed its first bill, known as the Laken Riley Act. The bill is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia ...

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 ...

The Senate inched closer Monday to final passage of the Laken Riley Act, which requires immigration officials to detain illegal migrants who engage in theft, shoplifting and related crimes.