The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration bill to President Trump's desk for his signature. Why it matters: The measure, which would require the detention of ...

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...

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.

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered ...

The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the ...

The Laken Riley Act is set to become the first piece of legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump after the bill passed through the House a second time on Wednesday. The bill, named after ...

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

Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra speaks on the floor of the U.S. House in favor of the Sarah's Law amendment to the Laken ...

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

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

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

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