If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Here ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, requiring ICE to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes ...

he concluded. Several Republican nominees also wore Laken's badges during their election campaigns. The White House also offered condolences to Riley's family in a statement to FOX News.

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 ...

The act is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant previously released from ...

ARTICLE UPDATE 1/29/25: President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration’s first piece of legislation since taking office. It mandates the detention ...

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 ...

Undocumented migrants found guilty of theft-related crimes will now be detained after the U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act hours after President Donald Trump took his oath of office Monday.

If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.