The bill is named after Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed in 2024 by a Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally.

The Republican-led House passed its first bill of the new Congress on Tuesday — a strict border measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student whose murder last year by an immigrant in ...

The Iowans’ push stems from the 2016 death of Sarah Root, a Council Bluffs resident who was killed by an undocumented immigrant driving drunk.

The Republican-led Hou se 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 last year by an ...

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for Jose Ibarra, who was sentenced to life without parole for the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Ibarra’s attorneys claim he may have a congenital ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an immigration detention measure into law, marking his first legislative win days after he took office as the Republican-led Congress angles to execute his ...