Legislation named in honor of a Georgia nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant Wednesday became the first bill ...

Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) took to Twitter to strongly oppose the Laken Riley Act and then later went on television calling it a “highway to mass deportation.” Her remarks came after the bill ...

Ahead of Trump's signing, Riley's mother, Allyson Phillips, spoke to those in the room.

Thank you, thank you, we would like to thank Senator Katie Britt for her diligent bipartisan work to get this bill through the Senate. We'd also like to thank Congressman Mike Collins for his ...

The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of lower-level crimes like shoplifting.

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia woman believed to be slain last year by an immigrant who was in the country illegally. Her death became ... Its critics say the measure offers little ...

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

ATLANTA — The United States Senate has passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the amended ... Venezuelan man who was in the country illegally. Her death became a rallying cry for Trump’s White ...

The Senate passed the Laken Riley Act ... surrounding Riley’s death. She was murdered by Venezuelan prison-gang member Jose Ibarra, who was convicted in her killing last year and sentenced ...

The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35 ... We’re going to have a signing, I would say, within a week or so,” he said. The House plans to vote on the bill this week ...

The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, making the immigration-related bill the first piece of legislation to make it through the upper chamber in the new Congress and putting it a step ...

Opponents of the Laken Riley Act say it would remove due process for migrants when they are accused of crimes but have not been convicted. President Donald Trump said he expects the House to ...