Dan Gooding is a Newsweek reporter based in New York City. His focus is reporting on immigration and border security. He has covered immigration issues extensively, including the root causes of ...

When Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty wanted to condemn the Laken Riley Act, she tapped a previously unknown partner ...

If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.

The bill would require Immigration and Customs ... she led by example," said Allyson and John Phillips, Laken Riley’s mother and stepfather, in a statement. "The Laken Riley Act has our full ...

Unauthorized immigrants charged with nonviolent crimes could be be deported. The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the ...

The Laken Riley Act would require ICE to detain immigrants without legal permission who commit theft-related crimes. The bill, named after a Georgia nursing student killed by an immigrant without ...

The bill passed the Senate on Monday by a vote ... issue a detainer for him and he was not taken into custody. The Laken Riley Act, written by Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., would require ICE to ...

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)(Alex Brandon / AP) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a bill named for murdered Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. The new law gives ...

Washington — The House approved its first policy legislation of the new Congress on Tuesday with a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration. The Laken Riley Act would require the Department ...

Former President Bill Clinton’s suggestion that Georgia nursing student Laken Riley would still be alive if the border had been secured was seen as a slight against the Biden-Harris ...

The Laken Riley Act is on its way to President Donald Trump's desk as the first bill he will sign into law. Here's what this strict immigration measure means for the undocumented. The immigration ...

The bill was introduced last year as a messaging ... What does any of this have to do with the wrenching loss of Laken Riley, or really any problem in our dysfunctional immigration system?