The act is named after Laken Riley, the student who was killed at the University of Georgia by Jose Ibarra, 26, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela.

• The Laken Riley Act, passed by Congress, mandates federal detention of undocumented immigrants accused of even minor crimes. • Critics, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, argue the bill ...

District 6 representative was only Maryland Democrat to approve measure for immigrant detention headed for Trump's signature.

When the federal government increased its deportation efforts in the mid-1970s, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, then a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, recalls the harm it caused by forcing many ...

The United States House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, Jan. 22, requiring local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants in the ...

Former Augusta commissioner John Clarke has suffered a heart attack, according to Commissioner Catherine Smith-Rice. Almost one year after Laken Riley’s murder in Athens, the bill bearing her name ...

President Donald Trump will soon sign the Laken Riley Act, which will require the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants arrested for violent crimes, theft, burglary or shoplifting. Laurie ...

The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and ...

Mississippi State Rep. Justin Keen used Laken Riley case to defend his bill aimed at bounty hunting illegal immigrants in the state.

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The Kansas congressional delegation voted to advance a bill to crack down on immigrants who commit serious crimes. After Senate approval, the House voted to pass the ...