The U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support — including both of Arizona’s Democratic senators — keeping a crackdown on illegal immigrants involved in criminal cases on ...

The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35, with 12 Democrats joining Republicans to approve it. The bill, which was amended in the Senate last week, will be sent back for another ...

Congress handed President Trump an early win on the issue of immigration with the passage of the Laken Riley Act by the House ...

But Democratic efforts to amend the measure were not entertained by Republicans. The Laken Riley Act, named in memory of a nursing student killed in February by an undocumented immigrant ...

Washington — The Senate on Monday approved a bill known as the Laken Riley Act aimed at expanding the federal government's mandate to detain immigrants who are in the country illegally ...

The Senate inched closer Monday to final passage of the Laken Riley Act, which requires immigration officials to detain illegal migrants who engage in theft, shoplifting and related crimes.

The U.S. House sent President Donald Trump the measure - named for a slain nurse from Georgia - which allows authorities to ...

But Senate debate on the bill has dragged on this week, with two main hurdles still on the road ahead to passage of the Laken Riley Act, which would require Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...