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In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, photo, Border Patrol agents stop two men thought to have entered the country illegally, near McAllen, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. In the Rio Grande Valley, the southernmost point of Texas and historically the busiest section for border crossings, the U.S. Border Patrol is apprehending around 300 people daily, down from as many as 2,000 people a day in May. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Catch-and-release ended for 95% of migrants; cartels already adjusting

Homeland Security has solved the Central American migrant surge from earlier this year, ending 95% of catch-and-release at the border, a top official said Tuesday -- but he warned the cartels are already shifting their tactics to entice other migrants to make the journey.

December 17, 2019
The Trump administration plans to appeal a decision that blocks the president from using funds earmarked for the Pentagon for the wall. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Congress rejects Donald Trump’s border wall spending increase

House and Senate negotiators have rejected President Trump's demand for $5 billion to spend on his border wall next year, instead crafting a final compromise that offers him the same $1.375 billion they included in the spending bill.

December 16, 2019
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, before boarding Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. and then on to Georgia to meet with supporters. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump supporters in revolt against media, Pew Research shows

President Trump has broken the press in America, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center, that found that while Democrats continue to have faith in American media, Mr. Trump's followers are quite done with it all.

December 15, 2019
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's officers are shown in this July 2019 file photo. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

ICE hits 5-year high for deportations

Sanctuary cities expanded in 2019, cutting into Immigration and Customs Enforcement's potential deportations. But despite that headwind, the agency still managed to reach a five-year high for removals, breaking the previous high-water mark under President Trump.

December 12, 2019
In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain a person during a raid in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) ** FILE* *

ICE arrests plummet amid sanctuary cities, border diversion

Arrests of immigrants who were living in the U.S. illegally plummeted over the last year as sanctuary cities shielded more people from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the agency pulled officers from the streets and sent them to the border, officials said Wednesday as they revealed their 2019 statistics.

December 11, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., left, listen as Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, foreground, speaks during a news conference to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Majority of voters now oppose impeachment: Quinnipiac poll

A majority of Americans now oppose impeaching and removing President Trump from office, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll Tuesday that signals Democrats' month of hearings to make their case has failed.

December 10, 2019
In this June 22, 2016, file photo, Border Patrol agent Eduardo Olmos walks near the secondary fence separating Tijuana, Mexico, background, and San Diego in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Donald Trump, Mexico squash border surge after Democrats balk

President Trump pleaded with Congress to do something as illegal immigration across the southwestern border soared this spring. Republicans seemed willing, but it was a nonstarter for Democrats. So the president turned to Mexico.

December 5, 2019
In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, photo, Border Patrol agents stop two men thought to have entered the country illegally, near McAllen, Texas, along the U.S.-Mexico border. In the Rio Grande Valley, the southernmost point of Texas and historically the busiest section for border crossings, the U.S. Border Patrol is apprehending around 300 people daily, down from as many as 2,000 people a day in May. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Mexican cartel ‘scout’ network in U.S. reveals by feds takedown

Federal prosecutors have wrapped up what appears to be the largest takedown in the history of smuggling cartel scouts, winning prison sentences for 18 people who were involved in an intricate scheme to spy on Border Patrol movements and help the Sinaloa Cartel sneak drugs into the U.S. without being detected.

December 1, 2019
This July 26, 2018, file photo shows people lining up to cross into the United States to begin the process of applying for asylum near the San Ysidro port of entry in Tijuana, Mexico. Homeland Security's watchdog says immigration officials were not prepared to manage the consequences of its "zero tolerance" policy at the border this summer that resulted in the separation of nearly 3,000 children from parents. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

DHS still can’t identify all separated families from zero tolerance: IG audit

The Trump administration still can't say how many illegal immigrant children were separated from their parents during last year's zero tolerance border fiasco, and wasn't even prepared to figure out how to reunite them at the time it enacted the policy, the Homeland Security inspector general concluded in a new report this week.

November 27, 2019