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

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

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

The 264-159 vote to pass the Laken Riley Act puts pressure on Senate Democrats to support the legislation when Republicans, who now control the upper chamber, bring it to the floor for an initial ...

On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed in February by a man who was in the country illegally. The Laken Riley Act would ...

Who runs the U.S. immigration system? If the Senate passes the Laken Riley Act this week, the answer might not be Congress or the president. The bill, already passed in the House, would hand state ...

The Laken Riley Act, which would require ICE to issue detainers and take custody of illegal immigrants charged with theft and related crimes, received House approval Tuesday before the Senate ...

But some lawmakers are taking action to stem the tide of mayhem through the Laken Riley Act, passed by the House on Tuesday and up for advancement in the Senate. Riley was the 22-year-old Georgia ...

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 ...