The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...

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The Laken Riley Act aims to expand the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

President Donald Trump plans to sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation.

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...

The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.

“Anyone who commits a crime should be held accountable. That’s why I voted to pass the Laken Riley Act,” Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., said on social media after its passage. New ...

Recommended Videos The Laken Riley Act will require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.