Funding for increased detention is not included in the Laken Riley Act. The Department of Homeland Security estimated that to ...

The act disproportionately targets immigrants, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and increasing fear of deportation.

President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant in February of 2024.

Jason Riley will always deal with the memory of a horrible day in 2024 that claimed the life of his daughter in Athens.

ATLANTA — It has been one year since nursing student Laken Riley was murdered at the University of Georgia. Her death made ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which mandates the deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of nonviolent crimes. ATLANTA - Legislation named in honor of a Georgia nursing student ...

An Indiana prosecutor used the Laken Riley Act for the first time to deport an undocumented immigrant, according to FOX59.

On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which is an immigration detention measure, into law. The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval of the bill in a 263-156 ...

On Feb. 22, 2024, the University of Georgia community was rocked by the first murder on campus in decades. In the 365 days ...

Immigration became one of the cornerstones of Donald Trump ’s ultimately successful quest to reclaim the White House. The subsequent Laken Riley Act was the first law passed out of the new Congress ...

Georgia U.S. Rep. Mike Collins introduced the Laken Riley Act last year and reintroduced it for the 119th Congress. It passed with bipartisan support. “This is the right thing to do,” House ...