The Senate voted Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, putting Republicans a step closer to sending the first bill of the ...

A final vote in the Senate is likely to be on Jan. 20, when Donald Trump is sworn in as president. The Laken Riley Act would ...

The bill would mandate federal detention of undocumented immigrants merely accused of crimes such as shoplifting ...

President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is appearing for her confirmation hearing ...

Legislation that would allow federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants accused of thefts and related crimes is ...

Senators will vote on final passage of the bill Monday evening, following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ...

Wednesday’s vote marked the first chance senators have had to alter the bill. The amendment on law enforcement, proposed by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), would add assaulting officers or any crime causing ...

After days of debate, the U.S. Senate is scheduled early next week for a final vote on the Laken Riley Act, a bill that would ...

GOP-led Laken Riley Act on track to be first immigration bill signed into law by Trump; 10 Democrats vote with GOP majority ...

Newly in the majority, Senate Republicans have made the so-called Laken Riley Act — named after a Georgia student who was killed last year by a Venezuelan man — a top priority, potentially making it ...

If Congress can get the bill through both chambers, it could be one of the first pieces of legislation President Trump signs ...

The bill, named for the Georgia woman murdered by an illegal immigrant, mandates detention of undocumented immigrants for ...