Sen. Ruben Gallego once was a hardliner in support of immigrant rights. Yet he's now a co-sponsor of the Laken Riley Act.

Implementing the Laken Riley Act, which requires holding undocumented immigrants suspected of minor offenses, would cost more ...

Ruben Gallego is cosponsoring a Republican-led measure to mandate federal custody involving crimes down to shoplifting for ...

A video showing former president Barack Obama praising Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass has gone viral on social media. Two years ...

After a bruising election, Democrats fear appearing weak on illegal immigration and soft on crime.

The bill is one of the first signs that Republicans want to quickly act on Donald Trump's immigration policies.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The very first bill the new Congress is considering focuses on the issue of illegal immigration. It’s called the ‘Laken Riley Act’ and passed a crucial hurdle in the Senate on ...

David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, on X: "The Laken Riley Act pretends to be about stopping ILLEGAL immigrants who commit crimes. In fact, it's a Trojan horse designed ...

House Republicans focused their attention on the border with their first bill of the year, passing legislation named after the slain Georgia student Laken Riley that would require detention of ...

The US House approved the Laken Riley Act on Tuesday afternoon which aims at addressing illegal immigration. It named in ...

The Laken Riley Act has passed the House but it faces an uncertain future in the Senate. Here's what to know.