The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet ...

The bill allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants who commit 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.

Sebastian Zapeta, who allegedly set a woman on fire in the NYC subway, and Laken Riley's killer, Jose Ibarra, were among violent migrants arrested or convicted in 2024.

Not the Democrats. New Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., made sure his body also made the Laken Riley Act its primary focus for early 2025. "Senate Democrats uniformly opposed (the Laken ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law the Laken Riley Act, which is designed to cede some federal immigration enforcement power to the states and usher in a harsher new era of ...

The Laken Riley Act will require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. Riley, 22, was a ...

ICE has take a spotlight role in the wake of plans in Trump's administration for mass deportations. Here's what you need to ...

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 ...

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 would be alive today if the Biden administration ... but never returned. The body of the nursing student was found hours later, and authorities determined she had died from blunt ...