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Laken Riley Act Clears Congress
Congress Passes
Laken Riley Act
Jan 23, 2025 12:00 AM CST

Congress Passes Laken Riley Act

Bill requires that undocumented migrants charged with some crimes be detained, deported

(Newser) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday gave final approval to the Laken Riley Act in a 263-156 vote. The bill requires that undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes be immediately detained and possibly deported, and is named for Riley, the 22-year-old Georgia nursing student murdered by an undocumented migrant from...

48 Democrats Vote With GOP on Laken Riley Act

Bill targeting undocumented immigrants charged with crimes passes House

(Newser) - The first legislation of the new Congress was named after a Georgia woman murdered by an undocumented immigrant—and it passed the House with bipartisan support. The Laken Riley Act was approved in a 264 to 159 vote Tuesday, with 48 Democrats voting with Republicans to pass the bill, CBS...

Man Found Guilty of Laken Riley's Murder
Laken Riley's Killer Gets
Life With No Parole
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Nov 20, 2024 1:36 PM CST

Laken Riley's Killer Gets Life With No Parole

Jose Ibarra, 26, was convicted on all counts

(Newser) - The Venezuelan man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley has been found guilty of her February murder and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. Jose Ibarra, 26, had waived his right to a jury trial, so Athens-Clarke County Superior Court Judge H. Patrick Haggard...

Trial Kicks Off for Laken Riley's Alleged Killer

Jose Ibarra is accused of murdering Georgia nursing student in February

(Newser) - Opening statements are expected Friday in the trial of a man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student, in a case that helped fan the immigration debate during the last election cycle. Jose Ibarra is charged with murder and other crimes in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley, whose...

Laken Riley Murder Suspect Indicted on 10 Charges

Jose Ibarra was allegedly a 'peeping Tom' on another student earlier

(Newser) - The man accused of killing nursing student Laken Riley on the University of Georgia campus in February was spotted peering through the window of a UGA student shortly before the murder. That's according to an indictment filed Tuesday against Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old citizen of Venezuela who entered...

Biden Regrets Saying 'Illegal,' and Trump Pounces

Trump blasts Biden over Laken Riley's death

(Newser) - President Biden said Saturday that he regretted using the term "illegal" during his State of the Union address to describe the suspected killer of Laken Riley , as his all-but-certain 2024 GOP rival, Donald Trump, blasted the Democrat's immigration policies and blamed them for her death at a rally...

5 Points From the GOP State of the Union Rebuttal

Katie Britt calls Biden a 'dithering and diminished leader'

(Newser) - Sitting at her kitchen table in Alabama, Sen. Katie Britt called President Biden a "dithering and diminished leader" and warned of a bleak American future under his presidency in the Republican rebuttal to his State of the Union address Thursday evening, the AP reports. The first-term Alabama Republican, the...

Georgia Cops Bust Suspect in Murder of Laken Riley

They say Jose Antonio Ibarra did not know the 22-year-old nursing student

(Newser) - A 26-year-old man has been arrested in the killing of a nursing student whose body was found on the University of Georgia campus Thursday, and police said he apparently did not know the victim, he acted alone, and there was no further threat to the university community. The suspect, identified...

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