WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Jan. 29 signed into law the Laken Riley Act, the first piece of legislation to receive his assent during his second term.
The act is named after the late Laken Hope Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at Augusta University in Athens, Georgia. Riley was murdered on Feb. 22, 2024, by José Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national who entered the United States illegally in 2022.
