Newly in the majority, Senate Republicans have made the so-called Laken Riley Act — named after a Georgia student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man — a top priority, potentially making it ...

Since mandatory immigration detention was first signed into law in 1996 for a subset of people in deportation proceedings, it ...

The new administration could use the existing system of federal agents, local police and jails to funnel more people into the ...

Several Senate Democrats from swing states joined with Republicans Friday to clear the final hurdle to passing the Laken ...

The bill, named for the Georgia woman murdered by an illegal immigrant, mandates detention of undocumented immigrants for ...

The Senate voted to move forward with the Laken Riley Act, which would require authorities to detain undocumented immigrants ...

State Attorney General Letitia James is calling on U.S. senators to reject S.5, the Laken Riley Act, which seeks to expand federal detention of undocumented migrants accused—but not convicted—of theft ...

After days of debate, the U.S. Senate is scheduled early next week for a final vote on the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would ...