President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act—an immigration enforcement law named for a 22-year-old college student who was murdered last February—into law on Wednesday, making it the ...

In his first piece of legislation, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday. The law requires illegal immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes to be detained and ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to the White House after he campaigned on immigration and the border ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

The bill – called the Laken Riley Act – will next go to the White House to be signed into law after the Senate approved the measure earlier in the week. The House vote was 263 to 156 with 46 ...

The bill, named after Laken Riley - a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man - passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senate. The measure ...

His Austin church’s work on social issues ... 46 House Democrats joined Republicans to vote in favor of the Laken Riley Act, which, among other things, will mandate detention for undocumented ...

WASHINGTON – In a sign of how Republicans are prioritizing cracking down on illegal immigration, both houses of Congress passed the Laken Riley Act, a bill targeting crime committed by ...

The House of Representatives voted to pass the Laken Riley Act in a 263 to 156 vote on Wednesday. Among other things, the bill would direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to ...

Washington — The House approved the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, signing off on the Senate's changes to the legislation aimed at expanding the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants ...