Congressman Jake Ellzey proudly voted in favor of S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, which will protect American communities from ...

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his ...

The new Laken Riley Act requires federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants charged, but not convicted, with assaulting law enforcement. But it goes dangerously farther by including lesser ...

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

The legislation mandates that those without legal status who are accused of theft and violent crimes be detained by federal ...

This bipartisan legislation represents the most substantial reform in immigration enforcement and border security in nearly ...

One can argue about whether Congressional Republicans appropriated the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley for political gain. The 22-year-old Riley went for a run last February and ...

Lawmakers voted 263–156 to approve the Senate-amended version of the bill dedicated to slain jogger Laken Riley, who was viciously strangled and beaten to death in February 2024 by an illegal ...

The bill is named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man without legal status who had a ...

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

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, holds a poster with photos of murder victims Sarah Root and Laken Riley as she speaks on Capitol Hill, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. House Republicans passed a bill that ...

2. Venezuelan migrant Jose Ibarra sentenced in Laken Riley's murder In November, a Georgia judge convicted and sentenced Jose Ibarra, the suspect accused of murdering Augusta University student ...