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

Sarah Root's mother, Michelle Root, has been fighting ever since to get a law passed that would require police to detain any ...

With Congress passing the Laken Riley Act and President Donald Trump's executive orders, some advocates are concerned about potential mass deportations ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday made arrests in metro Atlanta and elsewhere. “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with federal partners including the FBI, ATF and DEA, ...

This happened in Georgia," he said. "And Friday, the day of the vote here in the Senate, is actually Laken Riley’s birthday.” Senate Democrats planned to discuss the bill at their weekly lunch ...

The Democratic Party has so far been splintered in responding to President Donald Trump’s push against illegal immigration.

Let's dust off the good old idea of immigration reform that gives legal status to many undocumented migrants who have set ...

President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...

The Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes ...

On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed in February by a man who was in the country illegally. The Laken Riley Act would ...