Nearly one year ago, 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was murdered by a Venezuelan national who had been ...

In signing the most significant piece of immigration-enforcement legislation to reach the Resolute Desk since 1996, President Trump signaled that the era of open borders is over.

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

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a ...

Lawmakers penned the 'Laken Riley Act' in honor of a Georgia nursing student who was killed by an illegal immigrant.

With the 119th United States Congress underway since Jan. 3, it is a busy time for lawmakers in Washington, D.C. South Dakota's lone member of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Dusty ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law Wednesday, empowering immigration officers to detain ...

The Trump administration is offering buyouts to federal workers as part of an effort to downsize the government. An email ...

One such proposed law before Congress is the Laken Riley Act. Most of us of a certain age remember “I’m Just a Bill” from many Saturday mornings watching Schoolhouse Rock! It was a short and catchy ...

The bill, known as the Laken Riley Act, is binding only on federal authorities, not on state and local law enforcement agencies. The legislation was given final approval by the House on Wednesday ...

If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.