The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of ...

The Laken Riley Act, named for the slain nursing school student who was attacked and killed by a Venezuelan citizen who had ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia nursing student whose name became a rallying cry during his White House ...

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

After a series of Trump executive orders to strengthen the border, Republican congressmen are gearing up to codify them into ...

Final approval by the House sent the legislation, which requires the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Senate on Monday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, the ...

Congress appears likely to pass the Laken Riley Act this month ... This means that any state AG could sue to force the federal government to arrest any person in any of these groups.

But that does not mean it is wise. What's more, in what arguably has little connection to Laken Riley, the act bearing her name also permits state attorneys general to file lawsuits challenging ...

Democratic Senators from Arizona voted alongside Republicans on Friday to advance a tough immigration crime bill, the Laken Riley Act ... gives further power to state attorneys general over ...