The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...

The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...

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Laken Riley was killed while going for a run on the University of Georgia campus in late February of 2024.

After the murder of Laken Riley last year by a Venezuelan migrant, Georgia enacted a law meant to crack down on illegal immigration. But a lack of funding is dampening its effect. Support NPR and hear ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. It's the first bill Trump signed in his second term as president.

Nearly one year ago, 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was murdered by a Venezuelan national who had been ...

The new Laken Riley Act requires federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants charged, but not convicted, with assaulting law enforcement. But it goes dangerously farther by including lesser ...

People convicted of homicides represented about 56% of the population serving life without parole as of 2024, data shows. But ...

Two factions of Georgia’s Latino community have opposing stances on the Trump administration’s controversial deportation plan ...

Federal prosecutors and New York officials sparred after an illegal immigrant was released from custody despite an outstanding federal arrest warrant.

Thanks to Trump, states finally have a federal partner serious about protecting our border and enforcing our laws.