The law mandates that anyone living in the U.S. illegally accused of low-level misdemeanors or more violent crimes can be detained and potentially deported without a trial or conviction. The law ...

Sen. Wes Kitchens, R-Arab, said his bill would allow state, county, and city police to detain someone arrested for a crime ...

Nearly a year after the murder of nursing student Laken Riley, her family continues to grapple with the pain of her tragic death, which sent shockwaves across Georgia and the nation.

The Laken Riley Act is aimed at detaining more illegal immigrants, including those accused of theft and burglary.

Laken Riley was found dead on February 22, 2024, in a wooded area near UGA’s intramural fields. Investigators said she had ...

President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant ...

The Laken Riley Act aims to expand the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally.

In the year since Riley’s murder, many improvements have been made at the University of Georgia campus to ensure the safety ...

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

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which mandates the deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of nonviolent crimes. ATLANTA - Legislation named in honor of a Georgia nursing student ...

The new law is the first that Trump has signed in his second term. “The Laken Riley Act will become the very first bill that I proudly sign into law as the 47th president of the United States ...