The new Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed its first bill Tuesday, the Laken Riley Act, named for the 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student killed by a Venezuelan immigrant ...

WASHINGTON — The Republican-led House on Wednesday passed the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing school student who was murdered ...

The Laken Riley Act passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon, the first piece of federal legislation approved by the 119th Congress after the House agreed to its rules for the term.

The Republican-led House voted Tuesday to pass the Laken Riley Act, named after a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered in 2024 by an immigrant in the country illegally. The 264 to ...

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.

“House Republicans heard the voices of those who wanted change and voted to pass the Laken Riley Act," Johnson said Tuesday. "We will always fight to protect Americans, and today’s success is ...

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 ...

The Laken Riley Act, also known as H.R. 29, was first introduced by Alabama Senator Katie Britt during the previous Congress. While it passed in the House, it stood little chance of passing in the ...

Send an email to Virginia. The GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted Tuesday to pass the Laken Riley Act, a bill that prioritizes the arrest of some criminal illegal aliens. Every ...

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 federal ...