Funding for increased detention is not included in the Laken Riley Act. The Department of Homeland Security estimated that to ...

The law puts the onus of immigration enforcement on federal authorities, requiring ICE to prioritize arrests for low-level offenses. ICE has expressed concerns about capacity limitations and ...

ATLANTA — It has been one year since nursing student Laken Riley was murdered at the University of Georgia. Her death made ...

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law last month ... a 22-year-old nursing student who was murdered a ...

The act disproportionately targets immigrants, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and increasing fear of deportation.

On Feb. 22, 2024, the University of Georgia community was rocked by the first murder on campus in decades. In the 365 days ...

An Indiana prosecutor used the Laken Riley Act for the first time to deport an undocumented immigrant, according to FOX59.

Jason Riley will always deal with the memory of a horrible day in 2024 that claimed the life of his daughter in Athens.

Immigration became one of the cornerstones of Donald Trump ’s ultimately successful quest to reclaim the White House. The subsequent Laken Riley Act was the first law passed out of the new Congress ...

The Laken Riley Act is written by Republican Representative Mike Collins of Georgia. It requires US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain illegal immigrants in the US if they've been ...

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 ...