The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the Laken Riley Act to require federal authorities to detain illegal ...

House Republicans focused their attention on the border with their first bill of the year, passing legislation named after ...

Two Democratic senators have already signed on to the legislation, meaning it needs just five more in order to avoid a ...

Democrats will face an early test on how to navigate immigration under President-elect Trump on Thursday when the Laken Riley ...

has signed on as a co-sponsor, and Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) is planning to vote for the measure. House Republicans passed the Laken Riley Act as ... country during the Trump administration.

U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock voted in favor of advancing the bill named after Laken Riley, a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented immigrant.

Movement on the Republican-backed bill indicates a post-election shift among Democrats over immigration and border security policies.

Moderate House Democrats joined Republicans to support passage of the Laken Riley Act. Was this a post-election change of heart on illegal immigration?

President-elect to enter office a felon as judge orders ‘unconditional discharge’ - President-elect appears virtually in Manhattan Criminal Court but has already vowed to file a further appeal against ...

The GOP-controlled House voted Tuesday to pass the Laken Riley Act, a bill that prioritizes the arrest of some criminal ...

The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year.