On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed in February by a man who was in the country illegally. The Laken Riley Act would ...

In recent weeks, Democrats have begun signaling their openness to a bill passed by the Republican-controlled House and named for Laken Riley, a young woman who was murdered by an unauthorized ...

The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act puts pressure on Senate Democrats to support the legislation when Republicans, who now control the upper chamber, bring it to the floor for an initial ...

Minnesota politicians weigh in on Laken Riley Act, as Mary Moriarty blasts the bill as xenophobic The Hennepin County Attorney calls the legislation a targeted attack on “noncitizens” masked ...

Among them were seven Democrats from California. WASHINGTON — The Senate this week is considering the Laken Riley Act, a Republican-led bill that mandates federal detention for immigrants who ...

Nursing student Laken Riley was the victim of a horrible, despicable crime, brutally raped and murdered by an illegal alien while she was taking a morning jog on the nearby University of Georgia ...

House Bill 3, a bill similar to that of the “Laken Riley Act” in Washington, D.C. is among those filed. The bill would strengthen sentences for crimes committed by illegal immigrants.

On Monday, Senate Democrats handed Republicans yet another victory for their draconian anti-immigration bill, the Laken Riley Act, with an 82-10 vote to allow the chamber to begin debate and ...

A bill called the Laken Riley Act, which overwhelmingly passed the House and could soon pass the Senate, is destined to be another entry in this archive of legislative shame. Given that anger over ...

Lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol have been working on an immigration bill to toughen enforcement, in the wake of nursing student Laken Riley’s murder by an undocumented immigrant. Kent Nishimura ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Laken Riley Act cleared a second procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday as lawmakers voted 82-10 to consider the measure. If passed, it would require the Department of ...

Deporting criminals, including shoplifters, is a no brainer. But the Laken Riley Act isn’t that simple. The legislation cruising through Congress does not just expand deportation of nonviolent ...