Laken Riley Act expands scope of offenses that require ICE to detain undocumented immigrants
Funding for increased detention is not included in the Laken Riley Act. The Department of Homeland Security estimated that to enforce the law, ICE would need an additional 110,000 detention beds, 10,000 more enforcement and removal operations personnel, and 7,000 new government attorneys to handle immigration proceedings.
President Donald Trump signed the first bill of his new administration – the Laken Riley Act, named for an AU nursing student who was slain on the University of Georgia campus.
ATLANTA — It has been one year since nursing student Laken Riley was murdered at the University of Georgia. Her death made ...
Jason Riley will always deal with the memory of a horrible day in 2024 that claimed the life of his daughter in Athens.
On Feb. 22, 2024, the University of Georgia community was rocked by the first murder on campus in decades. In the 365 days ...
A prosecutor in Indiana used the Laken Riley Act to deport an undocumented immigrant in response to a deadly car accident.
If signed into law, the Laken Riley Act would require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won bipartisan support in both the House and Senate.
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The act disproportionately targets immigrants, perpetuating harmful stereotypes and increasing fear of deportation.
Local and state authorities praised a new measure signed into law last month for helping them deport a man who caused a deadly crash last year in Seymour. Domingo Juan Juan had two ...
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