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.

ATLANTA — It has been one year since nursing student Laken Riley was murdered at the University of Georgia. Her death made ...

On Feb. 22, 2024, the University of Georgia community was rocked by the first murder on campus in decades. In the 365 days ...

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 ...

Jason Riley will always deal with the memory of a horrible day in 2024 that claimed the life of his daughter in Athens.

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 ...

Laken Riley’s murder one year ago became a galvanizing force behind Donald Trump’s unprecedented return to the Oval Office.

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

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

President Donald Trump signed the first bill of his new administration – the Laken Riley Act, named for an AU nursing student who was slain on the University of Georgia campus.

A prosecutor in Indiana used the Laken Riley Act to deport an undocumented immigrant in response to a deadly car accident.