Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, 6th Congressional District, explains why she couldn't vote for the bill allowing deportation of those ...

The Laken Riley Act is expected to become law and increase immigration detentions but will depend in New York on state and ...

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

The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and ...

Members of Iowa’s congressional delegation have spent the first week with President Donald Trump back in office taking ...

The new U.S. House of Representatives passed its first major, bipartisan legislation this week. The Laken Riley Act requires ...

Democrats are afraid, very afraid. This week, 12 Senate Democrats and 46 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the ...

The bill is named after Laken Riley, a nursing student who was killed last year. The legislation would require federal ...

The Laken Riley Act is awaiting President Donald Trump's signature. With a portion of it inspired by the death of an Iowa woman, her mother shares their story.

Its passage shows just how sharply the political debate over immigration has shifted to the right following Trump’s election victory.

This week in the House of Representatives, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez railed against the Laken Riley Act.