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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Under the new law, federal officials would be required to detain any migrant arrested or charged with crimes like shoplifting ...

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

The Senate is heading toward a final vote on ... year as they spotlighted President Joe Biden's handling of the border. Riley, a Georgia nursing student, was killed in February, and Jose Ibarra ...

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

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