The bill, named for Laken Riley, a Georgia student killed by an immigrant, adds legislative muscle to President Trump’s ...

Texas' senior U.S. senator says he expects Trump to move swiftly on border matters once he resumes office next week.

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent ...

The House voted on an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday, two weeks after it initially passed the bill.

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The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and ...

The bill includes provisions introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) mandating the detention of individuals charged with ...

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Sen. Cornyn said his first goal is to pass a budget. “We’re looking at ways to roll back some of the wasteful spending, which has driven up inflation to 40-year highs,” Sen. Cornyn said. He expressed ...

John Cornyn, in a call from Washington with Texas ... The legislation is named for the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was killed by a Venezuelan immigrant, who entered the U.S. illegally ...