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

As Congress worked to pass the Laken Riley Act, strengthening immigration enforcement powers in the name of a murdered University of Georgia student, much remained unknown about how the law would work ...

The United States House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, Jan. 22, requiring local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants in the ...

The U.S. House passed the Laken Riley Act to detain undocumented individuals charged with nonviolent crimes. Named after a ...

Laken Riley Act in US sparked concerns over the treatment meted out to illegal immigrants, including those from India, in the ...

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 ...

“The bipartisan Laken Riley Act would not only address glaring ... The bill is named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was attacked, viciously strangled and beaten to death by ...

The bill is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia student who was killed last year by a migrant who was in the United States illegally. "Every part of our system failed Laken that day. There's ...

The Laken Riley Act is named after a young woman whose 2024 murder by an undocumented man in Georgia has become a rallying cry for Republicans. The bill would allow for the immediate detention and ...

The Laken Riley Act, which would require ICE to issue ... The bill, authored by Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., would change federal law to require the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to ...

Laken Riley's death reminds us it is. The Laken Riley Act grew from the killing of a Georgia nursing student in February by an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela. The reasoning here is that the ...