President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration. It's named after a slain Georgia nursing ...

Final approval by the House sent the legislation, which requires the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants ...

The strict measure, named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered by an undocumented immigrant, has ...

Deporting criminals, including shoplifters, is a no brainer. But the Laken Riley Act isn’t that simple. The legislation cruising through Congress does not just expand deportation of non-violent ...

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...

The bill is one of the first signs that Republicans want to quickly act on Donald Trump's immigration policies.

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 was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now ...

The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act puts pressure on Senate Democrats to support the legislation when Republicans, who now control the upper chamber, bring it to the floor for an initial ...

The Iowans’ push stems from the 2016 death of Sarah Root, a Council Bluffs resident who was killed by an undocumented ...