United States House of Representatives

U.S. Representative Mike Collins states his case March 7 on the U.S. House of Representatives floor regarding his Laken Riley Act, introduced in response to a brutal murder two weeks earlier at the University of Georgia in Athens. CONTRIBUTED

U.S. Representative Mike Collins states his case March 7 on the U.S. House of Representatives floor regarding his Laken Riley Act, introduced in response to a brutal murder two weeks earlier at the University of Georgia in Athens. CONTRIBUTED

Bipartisan support pushes Laken Riley Act through U.S. House

On March 7 the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 7511, the Laken Riley Act,as legislation to give ICE and state governments more tools in the fight against illegal alien crime.