Funding for increased detention is not included in the Laken Riley Act. The Department of Homeland Security estimated that to ...

The act disproportionately targets immigrants, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and increasing fear of deportation.

Local officers, however, were not required to inform ICE about his arrest because it was for a low-level offense. That wouldn’t necessarily change under the Laken Riley Act, says Nayna Gupta ...

An Indiana prosecutor used the Laken Riley Act for the first time to deport an undocumented immigrant, according to FOX59.

There is no one definition of what a “sanctuary city” for undocumented immigrants is, though Las Vegas has rarely been ...

Laken Riley was found dead on February 22, 2024, in a wooded area near UGA’s intramural fields. Investigators said she had ...

Immigration became one of the cornerstones of Donald Trump ’s ultimately successful quest to reclaim the White House. The subsequent Laken Riley Act was the first law passed out of the new Congress ...

The law mandates that anyone living in the U.S. illegally accused of low-level misdemeanors or more violent crimes can be detained and potentially deported without a trial or conviction. The law ...

Amid Trump’s push for mass deportation, ICE detainees in rural Minnesota appear for court hearings that determine who will go ...

Three people accused of living in the United States illegally were recently arrested while working at a business in Chester ...