Newly in the majority, Senate Republicans have made the so-called Laken Riley Act — named after a Georgia student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man — a top priority, potentially making it ...
Senator Josh Hawley drilled into a migrant rights activist during a Senate hearing on the “Remain in Mexico" policy for ...
Ten Democrats in the Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, teeing up a final vote in the upper chamber. The ...
The bill, the Laken Riley Act, is named after a young woman who was killed last February by an undocumented immigrant from ...
Live updates on the Trump transition ahead of next week's inauguration. Follow the latest as Senate confirmation hearing continue for the incoming administration.
The Laken Riley Act legislation pending in Congress would unconstitutionally elevate state powers over immigration while ...
The U.S. Senate this week is moving to pass a bill that immigration attorneys and experts warn could have far-reaching ...
The U.S. immigration system isn’t ready for the havoc and expense this bill could unleash. But the real pain will be felt by ...
The Laken Riley Act will do nothing to prevent the horrific crimes that befell its namesake. But it will entangle Democrats in a right-wing power grab.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to law professor Ilya Somin of George Mason University about the Laken Riley Act, a bipartisan bill in Congress that aims to expand the detention of undocumented immigrants.