Laken Riley Act: What the strict deportation measure means for undocumented immigrants
The Laken Riley Act requires immigration officers to detain undocumented immigrants who are suspected, arrested, charged, or ...
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Implementation of the Laken Riley Act in Georgia and the U.S. could be hampered by cost
The federal Laken Riley Act expands the scope of crimes that could place a person living in the U.S. without legal status in ...
Georgia sheriffs slow to implement new federal immigration law due to lack of funding
After the murder of Laken Riley last year by a Venezuelan migrant, Georgia enacted a law meant to crack down on illegal immigration. But a lack of funding is dampening its effect. Support NPR and hear ...
UGA talks security enhancements almost a year after Laken Riley's murder
Laken Riley was killed while going for a run on the University of Georgia campus in late February of 2024.
Rep. Brian Jack chronicles ‘surreal’ timeline from Trump aide to Georgia lawmaker
Four years after leaving the White House, Brian Jack would witness Trump's signing of the Laken Riley Act, the first bill he ...
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President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law after Georgia college student was killed last year
President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. It's the first bill Trump signed in his second term as president.
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Sen. Katie Britt: US security improved with Laken Riley Act
Nearly one year ago, 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley was murdered by a Venezuelan national who had been ...
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Trump’s Laken Riley Act is misuse of tragedy intended only to persecute immigrants | Opinion
The new Laken Riley Act requires federal authorities to detain undocumented immigrants charged, but not convicted, with assaulting law enforcement. But it goes dangerously farther by including lesser ...
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Trump signs Laken Riley Act into law after Georgia college student was killed
President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. It's the first bill Trump signed in his second term as president.
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Separate Latino Days at state Capitol with dueling takes on state, national immigration crackdowns
Two factions of Georgia’s Latino community have opposing stances on the Trump administration’s controversial deportation plan ...
While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport ...
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WABE's Week In Review: Trump signs Laken Riley Act and Georgia schools eye opting out of homestead exemption
School districts opting out… Georgia Dems try pushing (again) to expand Medicaid… Dealing with the impact of bird flu… Hoping to get crowds back to South Downtown … ICYMI: Tort […] ...