The Laken Riley Act is on its way to President Donald Trump's desk as the first bill he will sign into law. Here's what this strict immigration measure means for the undocumented. The immigration ...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said on Wednesday that Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act are “playing politics.” When NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Mullin if having Democrats ...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House 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 ...

The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the ...

The Republican Party's Laken Riley Act is heading to President Donald Trump’s desk to become the first bill he signs into law after the party retook both chambers of Congress and the White House.

If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.

WASHINGTON – In a sign of how Republicans are prioritizing cracking down on illegal immigration, both houses of Congress passed the Laken Riley Act, a bill targeting crime committed by ...

President Donald Trump will soon sign the Laken Riley Act, which requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to take custody of illegal immigrants who are charged with crimes.

The bill, known as the Laken Riley Act, is binding only on federal authorities, not on state and local law enforcement agencies. The legislation was given final approval by the House on Wednesday ...