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

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 crimes to be held in jail pending trial.

The House passed an amended version of the Laken Riley Act on Wednesday on a vote of 263-156, teeing up major immigration reform at the start of President Donald Trump's second administration.

The U.S. House Wednesday passed legislation that greatly expands mandatory detention requirements of immigrants charged and arrested on petty crimes, among other crimes. In a 263-156 vote, 46 House Democrats voted with Republicans to send the bill,

The bill includes provisions introduced by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) mandating the detention of individuals charged with crimes causing death or serious bodily harm. An amendment by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) adds mandatory detention for those who assault law enforcement officers.

A change passed Wednesday mandates the federal detention of any undocumented migrant accused of assaulting a cop

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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 ...

Pam Bondi on Wednesday said she will thwart the flow of fentanyl and criminal gangs coming through the southern border if approved to be the next attorney general.

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