The Laken Riley Act is aimed at detaining more illegal immigrants, including those accused of theft and burglary.

Ahead of Trump's signing, Laken Riley's mother, Allyson Phillips, spoke to those in the room. Phillips began by thanking ...

President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant ...

President Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law. The act would require ICE to detain illegal aliens charged ...

The Laken Riley Act, named after a Georgia nursing student killed by an undocumented immigrant, has been signed into law by ...

Photo: President Donald Trump signs the Laken Riley Act during an event in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan.

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, giving Homeland Security more legal tools to take even ...

“Laken did it. America will never ever forget Laken Hope Riley.” The president praised Riley as “a light of warmth and kindness,” thanking her parents and sister who attended the bill signin ...

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

That’s not easy to do. Laken did it. America will never, ever forget Laken Hope Riley.” The first bill to pass during the new Trump presidency zeroes in one of the President’s biggest ...