The Republican-led House passed its first bill of the new Congress on Tuesday — a strict border measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student whose murder last year by an immigrant in ...

The Republican-led Hou se on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered last year by an ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an immigration detention measure into law, marking his first legislative win days after he took office as the Republican-led Congress angles to execute his ...

The Iowans’ push stems from the 2016 death of Sarah Root, a Council Bluffs resident who was killed by an undocumented immigrant driving drunk.