Laken Riley Act
| Long title | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes. |
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| Announced in | the 119th United States Congress |
| Number of co-sponsors | 53 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 119–1 (text) (PDF) |
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| Acts amended | Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 |
| Titles amended | 8 U.S.C.: Aliens and Nationality |
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| Part of a series on the |
| Immigration policy of the second Trump administration |
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The Laken Riley Act is a United States federal statute that requires the detention, without bond, of non-citizens who are arrested for, charged with, or admit to committing certain crimes, including theft, burglary, larceny, shoplifting, assault on a law enforcement officer, or any crime resulting in death or serious bodily injury, such as drunk driving. The Act also allows states to sue the Department of Homeland Security for alleged failures in immigration enforcement against United States v. Texas (2023).
The bill was introduced following the murder of Laken Riley by an illegal immigrant who had previously been cited for shoplifting on the campus of the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. On January 22, 2025, the House agreed to the Senate's version of the bill with a 263–156 vote. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law on January 29, 2025.