If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent ...

The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of significant legislation to President Trump’s desk for his expected ...

One can argue about whether Congressional Republicans appropriated the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley for political gain. The 22-year-old Riley went for a run last February and ...

None of this would have saved Laken Riley. The man convicted of Riley’s murder, Jose Ibarra, entered the United States in 2022, along with his wife and young son, at the southern border, where he was ...

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

The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.

The Laken Riley Act is the first bill of the 119th Congress ... he drove through the streets of Queens on a moped with his wife’s five-year-old son holding on the back without a seatbelt or ...

“We must give law enforcement the means to take action when illegal immigrants break the law, to prevent situations like what occurred to Laken Riley,” he said in a statement. Kanye West, wife ...