On January 29, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law, marking a significant shift in U.S. immigration enforcement.
- The law is named in honor of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old University of Georgia nursing student who was tragically murdered by José Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant.
- The Laken Riley Act empowers state attorneys general to sue federal officials, including the Secretary of Homeland Security, if they believe that failures in immigration enforcement have caused harm to their states.
