The US Congress has passed a bill requiring undocumented immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held ...

The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to the Laken Riley Act in a 263-156 vote. The bill requires ...

During the first full week of the 119th Congress, U.S. Rep. Dave Taylor, R-Ohio, took his first legislative vote in support ...

House Republicans initially passed the legislation last year with support from 37 Democrats in a move that was intended to deliver a political rebuke to then-President Joe Biden’s handling of the ...

Almost one year after Laken Riley’s murder in Athens, the bill bearing her name passed its final Congressional vote Wednesday and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.

The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would ...

The president is likely to sign the Laken Riley Act as an addition to a raft of anti-immigrant executive orders he has ...

The new law will require the Department of Homeland Security to detain immigrants without legal status accused of theft, ...

Laken Riley was a 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student who was tragically murdered in Athens, Georgia. She was ...

Congress handed President Trump an early win on the issue of immigration with the passage of the Laken Riley Act by the House ...