The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...

The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...

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The Laken Riley Act expands detention for undocumented immigrants, including those accused – but not convicted – of low-level ...

Some fear the Laken Riley Act will create a shoplifting-to-deportation express or cause crowding that results in violent ...

In signing the most significant piece of immigration-enforcement legislation to reach the Resolute Desk since 1996, President ...

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

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

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...

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.

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his first piece of legislation. The act is named after Georgia native Laken Riley, who was killed in 2024 by a Venezuelan national in the U.S ...