Miller Reporting from the Capitol The Senate on Monday approved a bill that ... The bill, called the Laken Riley Act, is named for a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed last year ...

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.

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

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and U.S. Sen. Jim Justice voted Monday in favor of a bill to place strict penalties on illegal ...

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

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 ...

The Senate is heading toward a final vote on legislation that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Senators will vote on final passage of the bill Monday evening, following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration ...

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