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The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...

The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which requires ICE to detain immigrants illegally in the U.S. who are arrested for certain crimes, even without a conviction. The act, named after a ...

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his ...

The Laken Riley Act expands detention for undocumented immigrants, including those accused – but not convicted – of low-level ...

In signing the most significant piece of immigration-enforcement legislation to reach the Resolute Desk since 1996, President ...

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

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law on Wednesday, marking the first piece of legislation to become law in his second administration. "This horrific atrocity should never ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his first piece of legislation. The act is named after Georgia native Laken Riley, who was killed in 2024 by a Venezuelan national in the U.S ...

The Laken Riley Act, as the law is known, directs the authorities to detain and deport immigrants who are accused — not yet convicted — of specific crimes, if they are in the country illegally.