Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill, which is the first to pass the newly elected House.
The bill is named after 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, who was murdered last year by an ...
The 119th Congress is kicking off with a vote on the Laken Riley Act, a bill targeting undocumented immigrants who commit certain nonviolent crimes. The move underscores the Republican focus on ...