The bill is named after Laken Riley, a nursing student who was killed last year. The legislation would require federal ...

The Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes ...

The Laken Riley Act is expected to become law and increase immigration detentions but will depend in New York on state and ...

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent ...

The House passed the legislation one day after it passed the Senate, teeing it up to be Trump’s first bill signed into law.

The measure's bipartisan approval reflects broad support for cracking down on crime perpetrated by illegal immigrants.

The first piece of legislation to be signed by President Donald Trump is on its way to his desk. Wednesday afternoon, the U.S ...

This month, both branches of Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bi-partisan support. Of the state's Congressional ...

The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of ...

During the Laken Riley Act’s closely watched journey through the House and Senate this month, more 60 Democratic members of Congress supported the bill, ...

Hours after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the nation’s 47th president, the U.S. Senate approved a bill named for the Georgia student whose murder by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant became a ...