President Donald Trump codified the bill named after a Georgia woman who was killed by an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant ...

The murder of Laken Riley, a nursing student from Georgia, inspired the law. Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University in Georgia, was jogging one morning in February 2024 ...

On February 22, 2024, Laken Riley ... a wooded area near the University of Georgia's Athens campus. In November, 26-year-old Venezuelan national José Ibarra was convicted of her murder.

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

The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including ... “If you overstay your visa should you be deportable simply because your ex accused you of a crime?” Riley, a nursing ...

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 ...

The Laken Riley Act, which moved closer to passing the ... subject to deportation if they are arrested for a theft-related crime. "ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] will no longer ...

Prior to Ibarra's arrest for the murder of Riley, he had been reportedly arrested multiple times in numerous jurisdictions for multiple crimes and never detained. The Laken Riley Act, once signed ...

A congressional bill inspired by the murder of an Augusta University ... Rick Allen, who represents the Augusta area and voted in favor of the bill. The Laken Riley Act has passed the House ...

President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act ... was found guilty of her murder. “We also want to thank President Trump for the promises he made to us,” Riley’s mother, Allyson ...

The passage of the Laken Riley Act, a bill targeting crime committed by immigrants ... Residents near the Castaic area were ordered to evacuate or warned to be ready to leave quickly ahead ...

On February 22, Laken Riley ... in a wooded area near the University of Georgia's Athens campus. In November, Jose Ibarra, a 26-year-old Venezuelan national, was convicted of her murder.