The Laken Riley Act, also known as H.R. 29, was first introduced by Alabama Senator Katie Britt during the previous Congress. While it passed in the House, it stood little chance of passing in the ...

The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to pass the Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered in 2024 by an immigrant in the country illegally. The 264 to ...

The Laken Riley Act is named after a nursing student who was murdered last year by a Venezuelan man on UGA's campus. To stream 11Alive on your phone, you need the 11Alive app. Download the 11Alive app ...

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 last year by an ...

The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.

The House passed the legislation on Tuesday by a margin of 264 to 159, with all Republicans and 48 Democrats voting in favor of it. “Laken Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal alien that ...

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 last year by an ...

Passage in the House came two days after the Senate approved the measure in a bipartisan 64-35 vote. Rising House passes Laken Riley Act, sending it to Trump for first legislative win ...