The Laken Riley Act is aimed at detaining more illegal immigrants, including those accused of theft and burglary.

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

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

President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant ...

Here's what to know about the Laken Riley act and what it will mean for immigrants. Laken Hope Riley of Marietta ... An undocumented person without authorization to be in the United States ...

Nine Democratic senators and one independent voted against considering the Laken Riley Act during its second ... and try for bipartisanship. I hope he does." The bill enters its debate phase ...

There's a popular mantra among skeptics of government power that goes like this: If a law is named after a person ... who don't get on board. The Laken Riley Act, which moved closer to passing ...

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Sen. Jim Justice voted Monday in favor of a bill to place strict penalties on illegal ...

Unauthorized immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes could be be deported. The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the ...

Under the Laken Riley Act, Shah explained, the detention and deportation process could all start at the first point of contact with law enforcement. “What this bill does is say, actually, we’re not ...

As President-elect Donald Trump continues to express interest in the U.S. acquiring ... The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act in a bipartisan 264-159 vote on Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON -- The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress on a vote of 264 to 159. Forty-eight Democrats ...