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

It is highly significant that the first bill signed into law by President Donald Trump was the Laken Riley Act.

Laken Riley was killed while going for a run on the University of Georgia campus in late February of 2024.

Some fear the Laken Riley Act will create a shoplifting-to-deportation express or cause crowding that results in violent ...

After the murder of Laken Riley last year by a Venezuelan migrant, Georgia enacted a law meant to crack down on illegal immigration. But a lack of funding is dampening its effect. Support NPR and hear ...

Federal prosecutors and New York officials sparred after an illegal immigrant was released from custody despite an outstanding federal arrest warrant.

The Mississippi Legislature killed a proposed bill that would have paid bounty hunters to track, help deport immigrants. Here ...

A Ghanaian man who was convicted of sex crimes with a minor was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

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

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) took to Twitter to strongly oppose the Laken Riley Act and then later went on television calling it a “highway to mass deportation.” Her remarks ...

Republican lawmakers in about dozen states are advancing proposals that could aid President Donald Trump's deportation ...

Legislation named in honor of a Georgia nursing student murdered by an illegal immigrant Wednesday became the first bill ...