President Donald Trump is poised to sign the first bill of his new administration, and it is named after a slain Georgia ...

President Trump prepares to sign the Laken Riley Act, named after a murdered Georgia nursing student. It mandates detention ...

The U.S. House passed the Laken Riley Act to detain undocumented individuals charged with nonviolent crimes. Named after a ...

In several cases, they have. Most Senate Democrats voted to advance the Laken Riley Act last week as they bartered for changes to the bill. In the House, all Republicans, as well as 48 Democrats ...

The election results have imposed a change of heart on the Democratic Party, particularly when it comes to the Laken Riley Act. Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill ...

Mariana Alfaro is a reporter for The Washington Post's breaking political news team. Previously, she co-anchored Post Politics Now. Mariana joined The Post in 2019 as a researcher for the Daily 202.

Deiah and her husband, Dave, have two daughters, Riley and Ryan. They are proud to call the Tampa Bay area home.

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