Riley ( pictured) was an Augusta University nursing student who died at the hands of illegal immigrant Jose Ibarra while on a ...

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

Trump is expected to sign it into law. The House gave final approval to the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday. The bill passed the chamber with support from 217 Republicans and 46 Democrats.

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 ...

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (South Dakota), left, with fellow Republican senators James Lankford (Oklahoma) and Ted Budd (North Carolina), meets with journalists about the Laken Riley Act on ...

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 ...

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 ...