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In this May 17, 2016, file photo, ballots are prepared for counting at Multnomah County election headquarters in Portland, Ore. Federal officials are working to bolster defenses on the state and even county levels against interference in the 2020 elections, running scenarios where things go awry in the run-up to the vote. In Oregon, officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency carried out a tabletop exercise with county and state elections officials last week. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) **FILE**

Feds warn of foreign meddling ahead of Super Tuesday primaries

The heads of the FBI, Homeland Security, Justice Department, State Department and the intelligence community issued an extraordinary alert Monday warning of foreign meddling in elections, just as millions of voters prepare to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries.

March 2, 2020
In this July 10, 2019, photo, Juan Carlos Perla, passes a sign leading to the border as he travels with his family from their home in Tijuana, Mexico, for an asylum hearing in San Diego. The Perlas are faring better than most of the roughly 60,000 asylum-seekers returned to Mexico under a Trump administration policy, many of whom live in fear of being robbed, assaulted, raped or killed. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Appeals court blocks Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ policy

A federal appeals court Friday blocked President Trump's "remain in Mexico" policy, ruling it went beyond the boundaries of federal law -- and eliminating the most important tool Homeland Security used to stem last year's border surge.

February 28, 2020
U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement officer makes an arrest. (Associated Press file photo)

Luis Estrada-Alvarez tries to head-butt ICE officer: Feds

A Mexican illegal immigrant who'd repeatedly snuck back into the U.S. head-butted an ICE officer who was attempting to arrest him, federal prosecutors in New York said Thursday, announcing charges against the man.

February 27, 2020
Children from Anapra, Mexico, climb a section of the new border wall recently built near Santa Teresa, N.M., Monday, April 9, 2018. The head of the U.S. Border Patrol sector that includes part of West Texas and all of New Mexico said Monday he met with leaders of the New Mexico National Guard to begin discussions about what will be required and their capabilities. (Ruben R. Ramirez/The El Paso Times via AP)

Border chief: Wall cuts illegal crossings 80%

A 20-mile section of new border wall built near El Paso, Texas, cut illegal crossings by more than 80%, the government's top border official told Congress on Thursday.

February 27, 2020
A person crosses the street at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Illegal immigrant population shrinks as Mexicans go home

Despite the surge of illegal migrants from Central America, the actual unauthorized population in the U.S. has dropped over the past decade, according to a new analysis Wednesday that found hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have surrendered their foothold and self-deported back home.

February 26, 2020
In this Nov. 12, 2019, photo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, left, stands with other federal and officials at a news conference at the office of the Bernalillo County Sheriff in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico's most populous city stands to lose out on millions of dollars in crime-fighting grants due to its status as a sanctuary city, but some elected officials said Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, the U.S. Justice Department is holding out the promise of more federal funding to get Albuquerque to reconsider policies that prevent the sharing of information with federal immigration authorities. The Justice Department has reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department about funds available under Operation Relentless Pursuit, the initiative announced in December by Attorney General William Barr to combat violent crime in seven of America's most violent cities. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz) **FILE**

Appeals court approves DOJ punishment for sanctuary cities

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Justice Department does have power under the law to withhold federal grant money from communities that refuse to share information with ICE, giving President Trump a major victory in the escalating battle with sanctuary cities.

February 26, 2020