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 ...

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The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of ...

President Donald Trump plans to sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation.

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 into law the first bill of his second term last week, a measure that would require immigration ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. It's the first bill Trump signed in his second term as president.

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.

If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.