The measure cruised through the House by a vote of 263 to 156. Forty-six Democrats defied their party leadership and crossed ...

The Laken Riley Act is named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a rallying cry ...

A new immigration law named for the slain nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia’s campus almost ...

House Republicans initially passed the legislation last year with support from 37 Democrats in a move that was intended to deliver a political rebuke to then-President Joe Biden’s handling of the ...

The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is ...

The new found cohesion came as Democrats strategize how to resist Trump’s second-term agenda, his nominees, and GOP Hill leaders laying groundwork for 2026.

The chamber cleared the bill in a 263-156 vote. Forty-six Democrats voted with all present Republicans in favor of the ...

Almost one year after Laken Riley’s murder in Athens, the bill bearing her name passed its final Congressional vote Wednesday and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.

The House voted 263 to 156 to approve the Laken Riley act, sending the measure to Trump for his signature. The measure would ...

The president is likely to sign the Laken Riley Act as an addition to a raft of anti-immigrant executive orders he has ...