The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.

When President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law last Wednesday, it marked a new beginning for the United States – a new Golden Age of America, as President Trump put it in his ...

It is highly significant that the first bill signed into law by President Donald Trump was the Laken Riley Act. It passed both the House and the Senate with bipartisan support. Trump signed the ...

The act is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant previously released from custody after a shoplifting charge. President Trump signed the Laken ...

The Laken Riley Act is headed back to the House after the Senate passed an amended version on Monday night. By a vote of 64-35, the measure passed the Senate. Democrats that joined Republicans to ...

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law last month. Here’s what this new immigration measure means for undocumented immigrants who are suspected or accused of a crime.