The new Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed its first bill on Tuesday, the Laken Riley Act, named for the ...

More Democratic senators are getting on board with legislation requiring federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants ...

The bill allows Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants who commit violent ...

Two Democratic senators representing Laken Riley’s home state of Georgia remain noncommittal on legislation bearing her name ...

More Senate Democrats have indicated they plan to vote to advance the Laken Riley Act in a procedural vote this Friday. The ...

Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on Wednesday became the second Senate Democrat to co-sponsor a Republican-led bill to crack down on ...

The Senate is expected to take up an immigration bill on Thursday that would require the detention of undocumented immigrants who are charged with certain crimes.

On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed its first bill of the 119th Congress, the Laken Riley Act. The legislation deals with a key ...

The bill, known as the “Laken Riley Act,” would require the detention of undocumented migrants charged with theft or burglary ...

The bill, named for a nursing school student who was murdered by a man in the country illegally, passed the House last year.

The House passed the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday, which could have unauthorized immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes ...

The bill is one of the first signs that Republicans want to quickly act on Donald Trump's immigration policies.