The bill will be considered by the U.S. House of Representatives this week before heading to President Trump to be signed into law.

This legislation is the most significant immigration enforcement and border security related bill to pass the Senate in nearly three decades.

Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) released a statement after the U.S. Senate passed the Laken Riley Act. He and Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) led the introduction of the bill on Jan. 7.

Ten Senate Democrats joined Republicans Friday to advance the Laken Riley Act, making way for final passage of the bill as soon as next week.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WECT) - North Carolina Senator Ted Budd released a statement regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) withdrawing their amendment proposal to their North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel Strike Reduction Rule.

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

Utah Republican Sens. Mike Lee and John Curtis voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act, which would require the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take an undocumented migrant into custody if charged with theft or other crimes.

Here’s what Republican senators told ABC News after President Donald Trump issued pardons for Jan. 6 violent offenders.

(The Center Square) – Federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina is in a Senate proposal from Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd. The proposal mirrors a version in the House of ...

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced his bill, Defund Planned Parenthood Act, ahead of the annual pro-life demonstration in Washington, D.C., the March for Life.

President Donald Trump pardoned over 1,500 people charged in the U.S. Capitol riots Jan. 6, 2021 – including some from Western North Carolina.

As supporters of Paul’s bill pointed out Thursday, the bill is as much about stripping the organization’s funding for abortions as it is ending funding for gender-affirming health care.