The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...

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

College students called out Fordham University’s President after she sent an email to the school showing support for illegal ...

The Laken Riley Act directs Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants arrested or charged with ...

The act is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant previously released from ...

President Donald Trump plans to sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation.

President Donald Trump signed into law the first bill of his second term last week, a measure that would require immigration ...

In signing the most significant piece of immigration-enforcement legislation to reach the Resolute Desk since 1996, President ...

The Laken Riley Act aims to expand the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...

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