What is the Laken Riley Act? A look at the first bill Trump just signed
The Laken Riley Act will require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won ...
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What’s in the Laken Riley Act?
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 ...
Laken Riley Act Is an Effort to Target Migrants Accused of Crimes
The Laken Riley Act, as the bill is known, directs the authorities to deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — ...
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Laken Riley Act: Dems Push Immigration Bill That 'Doesn't Actually Exist'
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 ...
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Republicans look to finally push through Laken Riley bill with new GOP trifecta
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 ...
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Senate passes 'Laken Riley' crime bill with support from Sens. Mark Kelly, Ruben Gallego
The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — ...
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House passes Laken Riley Act, which heads to Senate with increasing Democratic support
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 ...
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House passes Laken Riley Act, Rep. Mace says it's a step 'to clean up the mess' Biden left
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCIV) — The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to pass the Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered in 2024 by an immigrant in the ...