159 House Democrats voted Tuesday against legislation titled the Laken Riley Act that would require federal immigration authorities to detain illegal migrants who commit theft-related crimes in ...

"Senate Democrats uniformly opposed (the Laken Riley Act) last year, despite the bill receiving bipartisan support in the House of Representatives," said Thune.

Democrats in the Senate are on the fence over whether to cross the aisle to help Republicans pass the Laken Riley Act, legislation that cleared the GOP House on Tuesday with bipartisan support and ...

The Senate is expected this week to take up the Laken Riley bill, a measure that Republicans have championed as one of their first actions to address what they have deemed as necessary changes to ...

Senate Democrats express frustration over their leadership's handling of the Laken Riley Act, a bill some view as terrible policy. They wanted a chance to offer amendments.

On February 22, 2024, Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student from Georgia, went missing after going for a run. Her body was later found in a wooded area near the University of Georgia's Athens ...

Ga., who was the lead sponsor of the Laken Riley Act, is eyeing a Senate run to oust Democrat Sen. Jon Ossoff.

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. Jon Cherry/Getty Images ...

This section of the Laken Riley Act may not matter much when Trump is in office; Republican attorneys general probably won’t want to challenge the president, and Democrats are unlikely to demand ...

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation for Jose Ibarra, the Venezuelan man convicted of killing Georgia nursing student ...

“Senate Democrats want to weaken the Laken Riley Act to allow some criminal illegal aliens to remain free from detention to prey on Americans,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) wrote on X.