The Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes ...

The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, setting the immigration crackdown bill for a vote in the House later this ...

Soon after the bill passed in the U.S. House, Rep. Collins shared a statement from the Riley family online, written by Allyson Phillips, Laken’s mother, and her stepfather John Phillips.

Zapeta was apprehended by Border Patrol and deported by the Trump administration June 7, 2018, after he crossed illegally ... Jose Ibarra sentenced in Laken Riley's murder In November, a Georgia ...

The Laken Riley ... of Georgia after she was last seen leaving for her daily run. Her story became a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential campaign. Following Riley's death Republicans, including ...

A Venezuelan gang member murdered Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student, in Athens, Ga. in February 2024, two months after he had ... about this bill.” “Laken Riley’s death was a tragedy ...

To the right, the Laken Riley case symbolized everything which was wrong about the border and the Biden Administration. Days after Riley’s death last year, the House approved the Laken Riley Act.

The bill is one of the first signs that Republicans want to quickly act on Donald Trump's immigration policies.

The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill ... "The only thing President Biden did after Laken's tragic death was apologize for calling her murderer an illegal ...

The Senate inched closer Monday to final passage of the Laken Riley ... is named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was attacked, viciously strangled and beaten to death by an illegal ...

and Ted Budd (North Carolina), meets with journalists about the Laken Riley Act on Thursday. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP) After a bruising election, Democrats fear appearing weak on illegal ...

The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now move to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will take the measure up on ...