The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly cleared a key procedural hurdle toward passing the Laken Riley Act, a bill aimed at ...

The Senate will vote to begin debate on the Laken Riley Act, a GOP-led bill aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration ...

The Laken Riley Act would require federal officials to detain undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes ...

The measure easily cleared the 60-vote filibuster but marked the first of likely several procedural hurdles before ...

The bill, which would require federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants arrested for theft-related crimes, was ...

While attending nursing school at the University of Georgia, Riley was brutally murdered by an illegal immigrant.

The Senate appears poised to advance a bill aimed at addressing illegal immigration Thursday as the issue comes front and ...

Democrats will face an early test on how to navigate immigration under President-elect Trump on Thursday when the Laken Riley ...

The votes aren’t yet there to clear the Senate's filibuster, but several Democrats say they’ll support the House-passed bill or expressed openness to it.

Two Democratic senators have already signed on to the legislation, meaning it needs just five more in order to avoid a ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The House passed the Laken Riley Act Monday, 264 to 159, with 48 Democrats voting for ... heads to the Republican-controlled Senate, where Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) ...

The legislation cleared the chamber in a 264-159 vote, with 48 Democrats joining all Republicans in support. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation this week. Dubbed the Laken Riley Act ...