The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now move to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will take the measure ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate this week is considering the Laken Riley Act, a Republican-led bill that mandates federal detention for immigrants who are charged with minor crimes and grants broad ...

WASHINGTON - The majority of Senate Democrats joined Republicans on Thursday to advance the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would require the federal government to detain immigrants living in the U.S ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) navigated the Laken Riley Act through his chamber’s cumbersome voting procedures. Getty Images. Immigration officials have said Ibarra illegally crossed ...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) voted to advance the bill, but caveated that he wanted amendments to the measure. The Laken Riley Act is the first bill of the 119th Congress to reach ...

The Act was named after Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia who was brutally murdered by a Venezuelan illegal migrant in 2024.

The Laken Riley Act, a bill named after Georgia nursing student Laken Riley who was murdered by an illegal alien in February 2024, needed at least 60 votes to advance. The final vote Friday was 61-35.

The Laken Riley Act defeated the legislative filibuster again during a second procedural vote on Friday, amassing more than 60 votes to advance it to a final vote. By a margin of 61-35, the bill ...

On Tuesday, all 216 House Republicans present voted for the Laken Riley Act; 48 of the 207 House Democrats voted for it. The bill now goes to the Senate, nine Democratic-aligned senators ...

Democrats in the Senate are on the fence over whether to cross the aisle to help Republicans pass the Laken Riley Act, legislation that cleared the GOP House on Tuesday with bipartisan support and ...

The Senate this week is considering the Laken Riley Act, a Republican-led bill that mandates federal detention for immigrants who are charged with minor crimes and grants broad enforcement powers ...