# Trump signs the Laken Riley Act into law

Date: 2025

On 29 January 2025 [President Donald Trump](/people/mig-donald-trump) signed S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, as Public Law 119-1. The law amended specified provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, including by requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody categories of non-citizens described in the statute who are charged with listed offences. This record describes the enacted statutory requirements without inferring an individual detention outcome.

## People

- Donald Trump: https://factrail.ai/people/donald-trump
- JD Vance: https://factrail.ai/people/jd-vance

## Drivers

- Migration-policy restrictiveness and border control: https://factrail.ai/drivers/mig-policy-restrictiveness

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-signs-laken-riley-act-law-2025-01-29/
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5/text
- https://nipnlg.org/work/resources/practice-advisory-laken-riley-acts-mandatory-detention-provisions
- https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/01/29/president-trump-signs-laken-riley-act-law

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/mig-fact-laken-riley-act-signed