President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain 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 ...

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 is on track to become the first bill Donald Trump signs into law as president and a sign of his intent.

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 ...

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 House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to the Laken Riley Act in a 263-156 vote. The bill requires ...

“The bipartisan Laken Riley Act would not only address glaring ... The bill is named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was attacked, viciously strangled and beaten to death by ...

The bill is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia student who was killed last year by a migrant who was in the United States illegally. "Every part of our system failed Laken that day. There's ...

The Laken Riley Act is named after a young woman whose 2024 murder by an undocumented man in Georgia has become a rallying cry for Republicans. The bill would allow for the immediate detention and ...