The Detroit congresswoman said the bill, named for a nursing student who was killed, will promote racial profiling.
The House is heading towards a final vote on a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that President Donald Trump can sign as Congress,
A crucial faction of 46 politically vulnerable Democrats joined with Republicans to lift the strict proposal to passage on a 263-156 vote tally.
In one of her first actions as a U.S. representative, April McClain Delaney joined Republicans and 47 other Democrats in voting to pass a bill requiring the detention of undocumented
Fiery clash erupts between Democratic and Republican senators during immigration hearing of the US senate, two days after President Donald Trump ordered a crackdown on illegal immigrants across the country.
The House has passed a bill to require the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. The Laken Riley Act would be the first law for Trump to sign.
Donald Trump took the Oath of Office and was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. He is only the second man in the nation’s history to return to the Oval Office after a hiatus. He has promised to "act with historic speed" – and on his first day in office,
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President Donald Trump kicked off his second term with a flurry of executive actions on immigration, the economy, DEI and more.Legal challenges have already been mounted against his effort to end birthright citizenship and action that makes it easier to fire career government employees.
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order that aims to restrict automatic citizenship to babies born on U.S. soil, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” The order Mr. Trump signed on Monday was an effort to upend the nation’s immigration laws and reverse decades of precedent and would affect children born to undocumented or temporary immigrants.
The House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill that requires the detainment of unauthorized migrants accused of theft and violent crimes, marking the first legislation that
La., center, joined from left by Rep. Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., and House Majority