The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...

The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...

President Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law. Read about the bill and see social media reactions here.

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President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration. It's named after a slain Georgia nursing ...

The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of ...

New law mandates detention of illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes, regardless of whether they have been convicted.

The bill is named after Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed in 2024 by a Venezuelan national in the U.S.

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act Wednesday to require the detention of illegal immigrants charged with certain ...

“There is no amount of change that will ever bring back our precious Laken. Our hope moving forward is that her life saves ...

The law would require federal officials to detain immigrants without legal status accused of theft and violent crimes.