Reflecting on 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley's death nearly a year later
Laken Riley was found dead on February 22, 2024, in a wooded area near UGA’s intramural fields. Investigators said she had ...
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What is the Laken Riley Act? Congress passes immigrant detention bill; what it means
The Senate vote went 64-35 with 12 Democrats joining the Republican vote base. The Laken Riley Act did not come without controversy and concern from Democrats over deporting undocumented ...
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What is the Laken Riley Act? A look at the first bill Trump just signed
John Barrasso, R-Wyo., the GOP whip, left, and Rep. Mike Collins, R-Ga., as they talk to reporters about the Laken Riley Act, a bill to detain unauthorized immigrants who have been accused of ...
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Donald Trump Signs Laken Riley Act—First Law Of Presidency
President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act—an immigration ... and former President Joe Biden did not signal whether he would have signed it. Riley, a nursing student in Georgia, was ...
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AOC: Laken Riley Act Will Create Private Prison Camps In Your Town
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke Wednesday against the Laken Riley Act ... opens in your town and they say we didn't know this was going to happen, know that they did, and they voted for it." ...
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Laken Riley Act becomes first bill signed by Trump in second term as president
The act is named after Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented immigrant previously released from custody after a shoplifting charge. President Trump signed the Laken ...
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Letters: Laken Riley Act deserved support from entire La. delegation
Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, and Troy Carter, D-New Orleans. Fields did not vote on the Laken Riley Act for some reason. However, Troy Carter voted against this bill. The Laken Riley Act called for ...