The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...

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The legislation will require immigration officers to detain immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally when they're accused of ...

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his ...

President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act, which mandates the deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of nonviolent ...

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

Migrants who commit theft and other crimes are subject to deportation after President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...

Trump put pen to paper on a piece of legislation that will mandate federal authorities detain illegal immigrants arrested for ...

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The new Laken Riley Act requires federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants charged, but not convicted, with assaulting law enforcement. But it goes dangerously farther by including lesser ...