It is highly significant that the first bill signed into law by President Donald Trump was the Laken Riley Act.

The main provision of the Laken Riley Act requires mandatory federal ... and should only be resorted to when it is the only way to prevent some grave threat to public safety, as in the case ...

The Laken Riley Act, which moved closer to passing the Senate on Friday, is no exception. Drafted in response to the death of Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by an ...

Seven House Democrats flipped their votes to “yes” on a GOP-led bill named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley that would require detention of migrants arrested for theft. The Laken ...

Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Thursday helped Republicans advance an immigration bill named after murdered nursing student Laken Riley, but some experts are questioning whether they really know ...

President Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law. Read about the bill and see social media reactions here.

The first of these is the Laken Riley Act, being reintroduced by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and teed up for a vote by the end of the week. The measure was named for the 22-year-old Augusta ...

The Laken Riley Act would require ICE to detain immigrants without legal permission who commit theft-related crimes. The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student killed by an immigrant without ...

Laken Riley. Rachel Morin. Jocelyn Nungaray. Sarah Root. These young women never set out to become household names. They each ...

Undocumented migrants found guilty of theft-related crimes will now be detained after the U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act hours after President Donald Trump took his oath of office Monday.