EXCLUSIVE: More than 17,500 illegal immigrants in 2025 have been arrested for crimes requiring mandatory detention under the Laken Riley Act — the first law President Donald Trump signed in his second term.The act is named for Laken Riley, a Georgia college student allegedly murdered by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant and member of the designated terrorist gang Tren de Aragua who had been previously arrested and released before her death. The act mandates that illegal immigrants arrested — but not necessarily yet convicted — for several specific crimes must be held for Immigration and Customs E...
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