The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of lower-level crimes like shoplifting.

But that does not mean it is wise. What's more, in what arguably has little connection to Laken Riley, the act bearing her name also permits state attorneys general to file lawsuits challenging ...

Nursing student Laken Riley was the victim of a horrible, despicable crime, brutally raped and murdered by an illegal alien while she was taking a morning jog on the nearby University of Georgia ...

ATLANTA — The U.S. House voted Tuesday to pass for a second time the Laken Riley Act, sponsored by Georgia Rep. Mike Collins and named for the nursing student murdered on the University of ...

But the Laken Riley Act isn’t that simple ... We’ve seen it. Anyone remember former Sheriff Joe Arpaio and what he did in Maricopa County? Anyone brown becomes a target, including U.S ...

The Laken Riley Act passed the House last Tuesday with all Republican and 48 Democratic votes. The bill avoided a filibuster in the Senate on Friday by an overwhelming vote to move forward to ...

The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday the Laken Riley Act, a bill named for ... I feel like, you know, they’re just using my daughter’s name for that. And she was much better than ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate could vote Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, a Republican-led bill that mandates federal detention for immigrants who are charged with minor crimes and grants broad ...

ATLANTA — Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate are set to debate the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday -- legislation ... votes on potential amendments. "I hope my Republican colleagues will will allow for ...

The slow-motion surrender of some Democrats to President-elect Donald Trump on the Laken Riley Act was already looking pretty grim last week, when 48 House Democrats joined Republicans in supporting ...

A bill called the Laken Riley Act, which overwhelmingly passed the House and could soon pass the Senate, is destined to be another entry in this archive of legislative shame. Given that anger over ...

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to limit debate on the Laken Riley Act, which compels border enforcement officials to take custody of illegal immigrants who commit theft and related crimes.