Funding for increased detention is not included in the Laken Riley Act. The Department of Homeland Security estimated that to ...

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law last month. Here’s what this new immigration measure means for ...

Baltimore City knows all too well the consequences of zero-tolerance crime policies. Mass stop-and-frisks, discriminatory arrests, and a complete breakdown in trust between law enforcement and the ...

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan explains why she couldn't vote for the bill allowing deportation of those here illegally who have ...

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, empowering immigration officers to detain unauthorized immigrants when they're arrested for crimes.

The BriefAn Indiana prosecutor used the Laken Riley Act for the first time to deport an undocumented immigrant, marking a ...

A prosecutor in Indiana used the Laken Riley Act to deport an undocumented immigrant in response to a deadly car accident.

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, requiring ICE to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes. The law is named after a Georgia nursing student killed by a man who was ...

The law allows the detention of migrants accused of crimes before conviction. Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act ...

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

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.

The House passed the legislation last week one day after it passed the Senate, teeing it up to be Trump’s first bill signed into law.