That’s not easy to do,” Trump said in remarks in the East Wing of the White House. “Laken did it. America will never ever forget Laken Hope Riley.” The president praised Riley as “a ...

though their toughest challenge will be finding a way to approve the funding to actually implement Trump’s plans. The Department of Homeland Security has estimated the Laken Riley Act would cost ...

“We didn’t plan for that to happen,” the father said about the political debate, “but it did. And we understand why. But I am glad that people got to learn who Laken was.” Allyson ...

During his first speech before Congress of his second term, President Donald Trump discussed border patrol protection, the recent signing of the Laken Riley Act, and his proposed request to Congress ...

The law is named for Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who went out for a run in February 2024 and was killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally.