The Senate is poised to take up the Laken Riley Act, an immigration bill that's already passed the House. Here's what's in it ...

The Senate cleared the 60-vote threshold to begin debate on a GOP priority, with Democrats backing it as the party ...

The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly cleared a key procedural hurdle toward passing the Laken Riley Act, a bill aimed at ...

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...

The bill, which would require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes, was ...

While attending nursing school at the University of Georgia, Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant.

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

The Laken Riley Act would require federal officials to detain undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes ...

This bill would require the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take an unlawfully present migrant into custody if ...

The Senate advanced a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration Thursday as the issue comes front and center under the new Congress.

The votes aren’t yet there to clear the Senate's filibuster, but several Democrats say they’ll support the House-passed bill or expressed openness to it.

Thursday's vote to advance the Laken Riley Act does not guarantee the immigration bill will have enough votes to pass the Senate.