Congress, Trump and Laken Riley

Congress passes Laken Riley Act. Bill heads to Donald Trump's desk for expected signature
The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and shoplifting.
Congress passes immigrant detention bill in first legislative win for Trump
The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes, handing an early legislative win to President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans,
What is the Laken Riley Act? Congress passes immigrant detention bill; what it means
Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented immigrants.
Full List of Democrats Who Voted To Pass Laken Riley Act
Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.
Laken Riley Act, likely first Trump-signed law, passes Congress as Bynum votes yes
The bill, which has divided Democrats, would require law enforcement to detain noncitizens who commit primarily theft-related crimes.
Congress sends Laken Riley Act to Trump's desk as first bill of GOP's Washington takeover
The House of Representatives has passed the Laken Riley Act again and is sending it to President Donald Trump's desk.
House passes Laken Riley Act, teeing up immigration crackdown
The House voted on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.
Trump Gets First Immigration Win: The Laken Riley Act, Explained
Trump made immigration a centerpiece of his campaign. The passage of the Laken Riley Act is the first step in his plan.
Congress passes Laken Riley Act in early win for Trump on immigration
The bill, named after Laken Riley - a Georgia nursing student murdered last year by a Venezuelan man - passed the House of Representatives a day after it was approved by the Senat
Daily Briefing: Laken Riley Act heads to Donald Trump's desk
The Laken Riley Act is likely to be the first bill President Donald Trump signs into law in his second term in office. A teen fatally shot a female student and wounded another at a Nashville high school.
Laken Riley Act heads to Trump to be signed into law. See how Florida lawmakers voted
Who was Laken Riley? Georgia nursing student who was brutally killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, who entered the US illegally in September 2022.
Trump's opening assault shows that Republicans want trans people "out of public life entirely"
In less than one week, Republicans have advanced legislation restricting transgender Americans' participation in sports and ...
North Carolina members of Congress introduce bill allowing ‘sanctuary cities’ to be sued
North Carolina lawmakers introduced legislation in Congress Wednesday that would allow the victims of felonies committed by ...
Congress Clears Measure to Deport Immigrants Accused of Crimes
Final approval by the House sent the legislation, which requires the detention and deportation of unauthorized migrants ...
Trump’s dismantling of EEOC and Civil Rights Act enforcement will have chilling effect for Black workers
Leaders are seething after Trump revoked enforcement of equal employment opportunity laws, or Title VII, under the Civil ...
What we can VERIFY about the repeal of the 1965 equal employment opportunity executive order
President Trump revoked a Civil Rights-era anti-discrimination rule for federal contractors, but the action doesn’t repeal ...
No Tax on Tips Act reintroduced to Congress and local business owners are speaking up
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) helped reintroduce the No Tax on Tips Act to exempt tipped ...
House Republicans clear path for Trump to act on tariff plans
A group of nine House Republicans, led by Rep. Riley Moore, is pushing a bill to allow President Donald Trump to use tariffs ...
The Internet Should Be ‘Neutral,’ but Congress Should Not
A federal appeals court ruling this month could be seen as the latest indictment of the inability of Congress to regulate at anywhere near the speed of tech.