U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes says her focus will always be on everyday people, and she's working to expand opportunities for 13th ...

The Laken Riley Act, named for the slain nursing school student who was attacked and killed by a Venezuelan citizen who had ...

Newt Gingrich vowed to apply the country’s laws to Congress. Now early backers are looking back on the Congressional ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday will sign the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation ...

The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led bill to require detention of undocumented migrants charged with certain crimes ...

We all learned early in life that the Founding Fathers gave Congress the “Power of the Purse” on spending to act as a check on the executive branch, but it sure hasn’t looked like that in the early ...

Congress passed the Laken Riley Act with bipartisan support. Here's what the strict measure really means for undocumented ...

In simplistic terms, the Secure Rural Schools program provides federal payments to make up for restrictions on timber harvests. As The Columbian has written editorially, “The federal government has ...

This bipartisan legislation represents the most substantial reform in immigration enforcement and border security in nearly ...

The bill would require law enforcement to detain immigrants without legal status arrested for crimes including larceny and ...

Forty-six Democrats crossed party lines in voting to pass a bill requiring undocumented immigrants arrested for violent ...