New law mandates detention of illegal immigrants accused of serious crimes, regardless of whether they have been convicted.

Democrats in the Georgia Senate have attracted support of a handful of Republicans in their quest to expand Medicaid access in the state.

When President Donald Trump made a measure named for a slain Georgia nursing student the first law he signed in his second term, it crystallized a deepening Democratic divide over immigration that ...

The Laken Riley Act will require the detention of unauthorized immigrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The bill won ...

Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, empowering immigration officers to detain unauthorized immigrants when they ...

The Laken Riley Act was named for a Georgia nursing student who was killed in 2024 while out for a run by a Venezuelan ...

President Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking his first legislative victory since he returned to ...