The Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes ...

President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...

The Laken Riley Act would put immigrants without legal status under federal detention without the possibility of being ...

President-elect Trump is officially returning to Washington, set to be inaugurated on Monday for his second term in the White House as the Republican Party trifecta takes form. Congress is set to ...

The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act puts pressure on Senate Democrats to support the legislation when Republicans, who now control the upper chamber, bring it to the floor for an initial ...

WASHINGTON – Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing ...

By Richard Cowan and Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ten U.S. Senate Democrats provided the votes needed on Friday to ...

The first week of confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks concluded Friday with Department of ...

On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed in February by a man who was in the country illegally. The Laken Riley Act would ...

Who runs the U.S. immigration system? If the Senate passes the Laken Riley Act this week, the answer might not be Congress or the president. The bill, already passed in the House, would hand state ...

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) said Sunday he is “a no” on the Laken Riley Act “as currently written.” “As currently written, I’m a no because it opens the doors for people simply being ...

The Laken Riley Act marks only the beginning of immigration ... those brought into the country illegally as minors by their parents, from facing detention and deportation if charged or convicted ...