The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and ...

The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent ...

Texas' senior U.S. senator says he expects Trump to move swiftly on border matters once he resumes office next week.

The bill includes provisions introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) mandating the detention of individuals charged with ...

The Republican-led House voted Wednesday to give final passage to the Laken Riley Act, a strict immigration detention measure ...

The GOP-led bill, which got some Democratic support, will head back to the House for approval before it goes to Trump for his signature.

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John Cornyn, in a call from Washington with Texas ... The legislation is named for the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed by a Venezuelan immigrant, who entered the U.S. illegally ...