Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said on Wednesday that Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act are “playing politics.” When NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Mullin if having Democrats ...

The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the ...

The Senate inched closer Monday to final passage of the Laken Riley Act, which requires immigration officials to detain illegal migrants who engage in theft, shoplifting and related crimes.

President Donald Trump has just passed his first immigration bill. The bill, called the Laken Riley Act, passed the House with a 263-156 vote, garnering support from 46 Democrats. This vote marked ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

The Republican Party's Laken Riley Act is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk to become the first bill he signs into law after the party retook both chambers of Congress and the White House.

The Laken Riley Act is headed back to the House after the Senate passed an amended version on Monday night. By a vote of 64-35, the measure passed the Senate. Democrats that joined Republicans to ...

WASHINGTON – In a sign of how Republicans are prioritizing cracking down on illegal immigration, both houses of Congress passed the Laken Riley Act, a bill targeting crime committed by ...

The Laken Riley Act, named in memory of a nursing student killed in February by an undocumented immigrant in Georgia, would allow Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to detain ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday with a vote of 263-156, setting the stage for significant immigration reform at the outset of ...

The bill – called the Laken Riley Act – will next go to the White House to be signed into law after the Senate approved the measure earlier in the week. The House vote was 263 to 156 with 46 ...

The Laken Riley Act, an immigration enforcement bill, passed the Senate with a 64-35 vote and is returning to the House for approval of the amended version. The bill received bipartisan support ...