The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now ...

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...

Thursday's vote to advance the Laken Riley Act does not guarantee the immigration bill will have enough votes to pass the ...

The Laken Riley Act cleared a crucial hurdle in the Senate on Thursday with a vote of 84-9. The US House approved the Laken ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the purpose of crossing the aisle to vote on legislation that he and most Democrats opposed in its current form was so it could hopefully be amended ...

The bill, which would require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes, was the first to be voted on by the newly installed Republican-controlled Senate.

Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas., introduced his first bill in Congress on Thursday, legislation intended to reinstate President-elect Donald Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy regarding would-be ...

David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, on X: "The Laken Riley Act pretends to be about stopping ILLEGAL immigrants who commit crimes. In fact, it's a Trojan horse designed ...

With an assist from Democrats, Sen. Katie Britt’s, R-Ala., Laken Riley Act advanced Thursday in the U.S. Senate, although the legislation inspired by the Georgia nursing student murdered by an ...

A bill to crack down on illegal immigration is one step closer to passing Congress.The Senate has voted to begin debate on ...

Newly in the minority, Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to advance the immigration legislation, signaling that ...

U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock voted in favor of advancing the bill named after Laken Riley, a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented immigrant.