Britt intends to reintroduce the legislation Thursday after Senate Democrats blocked the measure in September.

District 6 representative was only Maryland Democrat to approve measure for immigrant detention headed for Trump's signature.

The bill requires illegal immigrants who are arrested for theft or violent crimes to be held in jail pending trial.

Janelle Bynum of Oregon, joined with Republicans Wednesday to give final approval to the Laken Riley Act, a controversial ...

As Trump's executive action starts to take effect, a severely undermined and rudderless Democratic Party is contending with ...

Former Augusta commissioner John Clarke has suffered a heart attack, according to Commissioner Catherine Smith-Rice.

Almost one year after Laken Riley’s murder in Athens, the bill bearing her name passed its final Congressional vote Wednesday and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) slammed the Laken Riley Act in a speech on the House floor on Wednesday, pointing out that some House members may have financial incentives to vote for the ...

President Donald Trump’s promise to deport “millions and millions” of immigrants will hinge on securing money for detention centers.

An internal NYPD memo by Commissioner Jessica Tisch sent last week reminds officers to not assist federal authorities in immigration enforcement in the five boroughs.

When the federal government increased its deportation efforts in the mid-1970s, Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio, then a priest in the Archdiocese of Newark, recalls the harm it caused by forcing many ...