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Tourists stand on the Banzai cliff on resort island of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)

Birth tourism in Northern Mariana Islands targeted by Republican lawmakers

An Obama-era policy has turned a U.S. territory in the Pacific into a hot spot for "birth tourism," as Chinese women flock to the islands to deliver babies who automatically become American citizens -- and two Republican congressmen this week asked the Homeland Security Department to shut down the pipeline.

December 3, 2020
A steady line of voters wait outside of Cameron Village Library in Raleigh, N.C. early Tuesday morning, Nov. 3, 2020, to cast their ballot on Election Day. (Juli Leonard/The News & Observer via AP)

Appeals court gives OK to North Carolina voter-ID law

North Carolina can demand voters show a photo ID before being able to cast ballots at polling places, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday, rejecting a lower judge's injunction that found the state legislature's history of discrimination tainted any such attempt.

December 2, 2020

Lamar Alexander’s parting shot: Senate needs ‘a change of behavior’

Sen. Lamar Alexander, retiring this year after three terms, pleaded Wednesday with fellow senators to get the storied chamber back on track as the backbone of legislative compromise, warning against shortcuts such as Democrats' ravenous appetite for doing away with the filibuster.

December 2, 2020
Sanctuary policies for criminal immigrants have essentially been created with Democratic election wins in two Georgia counties. (Associated Press photograph)

Democrat wins in Georgia create immigrant sanctuaries

Republicans' Georgia election troubles went deep down the ballot last month, including losing two sheriff's jobs that flipped to Democrats, both of whom have promised to end cooperative agreements with ICE.

November 29, 2020
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer looks on during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

San Diego border drug raid exposes Sinaloa Cartel operations

Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that they raided a suspected drug trafficking garage in San Diego and netted more than 1,500 pounds of cocaine, 52 pounds of fentanyl, $3.5 million in cash and 20,000 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition -- the largest haul ever in Southern California.

November 24, 2020
Acting Homeland Secretary Chad Wolf gives a speech in front of a new section of the border wall Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in McAllen, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) **FILE**

Feds paying up to $870,000 an acre for border land for wall

The federal government has paid as much as $870,000 to take ownership of private land along the border in Texas for space to build President Trump's border wall, according to a new watchdog report released this week.

November 24, 2020
Then-Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at the Black Hat conference Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. The annual computer security conference draws thousands of hackers and security professionals to Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Joe Biden picks Alejandro Mayorkas, architect of DACA, to lead DHS

Presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Monday he wants Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Homeland Security Department, tapping an Obama-era mainstay who helped create the DACA program that protected "Dreamers," but was also part of the team that expanded family detention.

November 23, 2020