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The Laken Riley Act is a United States law that requires the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to detain illegal immigrants [1] admitting to, [2] charged with, or convicted of theft-related crimes, [3] assaulting a police officer, or a crime that results in death or serious bodily injury like drunk driving.
Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act Wednesday afternoon as the president approves a series of initiatives meant to tackle his key goal of curbing illegal immigration. The bill, which ...
The Laken Riley Act is one of several measures that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has dubbed “low-hanging fruit” legislation on immigration policy while Republican lawmakers eye a more ...
President Donald Trump speaks to Allyson Phillips, mother of Laken Riley, after he signed the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 29, 2025.
The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.
The Senate on Monday passed the Laken Riley Act, making the immigration-related bill the first piece of legislation to make it through the upper chamber in the new Congress and putting it a step ...
The House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, sending the immigration-related bill to President Trump’s desk in what is poised to be his first legislative victory since returning to the ...
That evening, he signed several executive orders relating to immigration, including blocking asylum seekers from entering the U.S., declaring a national emergency at the Mexico–U.S. border, and citing a public health risk posed by migrants through a lack of "comprehensive health information".