President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law as his administration's first piece of legislation.

Riley, the namesake of the bill, was killed by Jose Ibarra, an immigrant without legal status first arrested in September 2022 on charges of illegal entry, outside Atlanta in February 2024.

was murdered by José Antonio Ibarra, an undocumented immigrant. Riley was attacked on February 22, 2024, while jogging at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. Her body was found in ...

Riley, 22, was studying nursing at Augusta University's campus in Athens when she went for a run the morning of Feb. 22, 2024, at the University of Georgia. Prosecutors said Ibarra, 26 ...

Prosecutors said she was encountered by Jose Antonio Ibarra, who killed her during a struggle ... he never would have had the opportunity to kill her,” said Rep. Mike Collins, a Georgia Republican.

The legislation is named for Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who went out for a run in February 2024 and was killed by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a Venezuelan national in the U.S ...