President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent ...

The U.S. House passed the Laken Riley Act to detain undocumented individuals charged with nonviolent crimes. Named after a ...

The Laken Riley Act, named after a student who was murdered on the University of Georgia campus, would require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes.

Republicans And Democrats Debate Laken Riley Act In The House Rules Committee Last night, the House Rules Committee ...

The United States House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, Jan. 22, requiring local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain immigrants in the ...

Advertisement All House GOP members present and 48 Democrats voted in favor of ... told news media on Tuesday. "The Laken Riley Act makes it clear: If you're committing crimes in America against ...

Last March, the House passed the Laken Riley Act on a 251 to 170 vote, with 37 Democrats — most representing swing districts or running for statewide office — joining all Republicans in voting ...

Ga, on March 9 and voted in favor of the proposed Laken Riley Act. File Photo by Erik S. Lesser/EPA-EFE ...

The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now move to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will take the measure ...