Laken Riley was killed while going for a run on the University of Georgia campus in late February of 2024.
President Donald Trump has signed the Laken Riley Act into law. Read about the bill and see social media reactions here.
The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...
The Laken Riley Act is aimed at detaining more illegal immigrants, including those accused of theft and burglary.
Ahead of Trump's signing, Laken Riley's mother, Allyson Phillips, spoke to those in the room. Phillips began by thanking ...
President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. It's the first bill Trump signed in his second term as president.
As Congress worked to pass the Laken Riley Act, strengthening immigration enforcement powers in the name of a murdered University of Georgia student, much remained unknown about how the law would work ...
Nearly a year after an Augusta University nursing student’s tragic death on UGA’s campus, President Donald Trump signed the ...
New law mandates detention of illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes, regardless of whether they have been convicted.
The law would require federal officials to detain immigrants without legal status accused of theft and violent crimes.