Roy and his wife, Jamie, asked Wake County to offer that lump sum to officers like him who medically retire but don’t ...

North Carolina is launching a $20M pilot end law enforcement transportation of mental health patients being involuntarily committed.

On Jan. 7, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill named for Laken Riley, a Georgia nursing student killed in February by a man who was in the country illegally. The Laken Riley Act would ...

Congress has passed the Laken Riley Act, facilitating the detention and deportation of people in the country illegally when they've been charged with crimes. What remains to be seen is how much local ...

Donald and Melania Trump are stopping in North Carolina, California and Nevada during the first second term trip. Follow ...

Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page helped shape the anti-immigration agenda that will define Donald Trump’s second term.

"The whole system failed Laken Riley, and this can help ensure that this may not ever happen to another family." "This piece of legislation is common sense, just a good, solid law enforcement ...

“Today is a new day in America and a new day in the U.S. Senate with the passage of the Laken Riley Act—which will become the strongest immigration enforcement bill enacted into law since 199 ...

The vote for final passage of the Laken Riley Act was 64-35 ... that adds assault of a law enforcement officer to the offenses that trigger detention, and another from Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, that ...

GRIFTON, N.C. (WNCT) — A Grifton woman was charged after law enforcement said she stabbed a man with a butcher knife Thursday. Deputies with the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office responded to a ...

Congress appears likely to pass the Laken Riley Act this month ... The federal government’s immigration enforcement system already prioritizes the detention and removal of serious criminals.

This week, the Senate took up debate on the Laken Riley Act, which would expand mandatory immigration detention, after it was passed by the House. Current law already grants officials sweeping ...