The act is named after Laken Riley, the student who was killed at the University of Georgia by Jose Ibarra, 26, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.

New: The Pentagon is sending 1,500 service members to the country’s southern border in the first of what will be several ...

District 6 representative was only Maryland Democrat to approve measure for immigrant detention headed for Trump's signature.

Congresswoman Andrea Salinas opposed the Laken Riley Act, citing concerns over mandatory detention without due process and its negative impact on public safety. She criticized the bill for ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Kansas congressional delegation voted to advance a bill to crack down on immigrants who commit serious crimes. After Senate approval, the House voted to pass the ...

A new immigration law named for the slain nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia’s campus almost ...

The Laken Riley Act will now go to Trump's desk and symbolically will become the first measure he signs into law of his ...

Almost one year after Laken Riley’s murder in Athens, the bill bearing her name passed its final Congressional vote Wednesday and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.

Who was Laken Riley? Georgia nursing student who was brutally killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, who entered the US illegally in September 2022.

The Trump administration has not publicly said how many immigration detention beds it needs to achieve its goals, or what the ...

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince says the kingdom wants to invest $600 billion in the United States over the next four years.

House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries is holding a press conference on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. EST, as Republicans look to get President Trump’s agenda rolling in Congress. Speaker Mike ...