The Laken Riley Act, authored by Rep. Mike Collins ... An earlier version of the bill passed the House by a vote of 264-159, with 48 Democrats supporting it. Last year, the GOP-controlled House had ...

The legislation will require federal agents to detain illegal immigrants arrested for theft and other related crimes until they are deported.

It is highly significant that the first bill signed into law by President Donald Trump was the Laken Riley Act.

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.

The Laken Riley Act, named for the slain nursing school student who was attacked and killed by a Venezuelan citizen who had ...

Some Democrats went along with the MAGA movement to pass a bill some of their own colleagues and constituents said will ...

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, empowering immigration officers to detain unauthorized immigrants when they ...

The Laken Riley Act aims to expand the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his ...

New law mandates detention of illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes, regardless of whether they have been convicted.

WASHINGTON D.C. – Speaker of the House Jon Burns (R-Newington) joined President Donald Trump, Congressman Mike Collins (GA-10 ...

The act requires immigration authorities to detain undocumented migrants that commit theft-related and other crimes.