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

The bill is named after Laken Riley, a nursing student who was killed last year. The legislation would require federal ...

The law is named for the nursing student killed on the campus of the University of Georgia in 2024. Novak Djokovic makes ...

There's a popular mantra among skeptics of government power that goes like this: If a law is named after a person, it's ...

As Congress worked to pass the Laken Riley Act, strengthening immigration enforcement powers in the name of a murdered University of Georgia student, much remained unknown about how the law would work ...

The Laken Riley Act, as the bill is known, directs the authorities to deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — ...

President Donald Trump will soon sign the Laken Riley Act, which will require the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants arrested for violent crimes, theft, burglary or shoplifting. Laurie ...

Laken Riley Act in US sparked concerns over the treatment meted out to illegal immigrants, including those from India, in the ...

The U.S. Senate expanded the list of criminal charges that could lead an undocumented immigrant to be deported before approving the Laken Riley Act.

NEW ORLEANS — In a city still reeling from a terror attack that killed at least 14 and injured dozens of others just hours after the new year began, Georgia ...

Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City. His focus is reporting on immigration and border security. He has covered immigration issues extensively, including the root causes of ...