The Republican-led House voted Wednesday to give final passage to the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was ...

The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now move to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will take the measure ...

The House voted at 1 p.m. Tuesday on the Laken Riley Act, passing the bill as its first piece of legislation of the 119th Congress on a vote of 264 to 159.. Forty-eight Democrats voted in favor of ...

The House of Representatives passed a Senate-revised version of the Laken Riley Act Wednesday, sending the first piece of significant legislation to President Trump's desk for his expected signature.

"Senate Democrats uniformly opposed (the Laken Riley Act) last year, despite the bill receiving bipartisan support in the House of Representatives," said Thune. "We'll see what they do when the ...

Last March, the House passed the Laken Riley Act on a 251 to 170 vote, with 37 Democrats — most representing swing districts or running for statewide office — joining all Republicans in voting ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) believes Tuesday’s vote on the Laken Riley Act will be a key test of Democrats’ policy priorities after a resounding number of voters noted the border crisis ...

The Brief. The Laken Riley Act, named after the 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student killed while on a run, passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support, marking the first ...

A Georgia judge ordered a mental evaluation for Jose Ibarra, the man convicted in the 2024 murder of 22-year-old university ...

The Laken Riley Act was passed on a 264-159 vote, with 48 House Democrats joining the Republican majority. The bill will now move to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will take the measure ...