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Ericka Ames, center, 18, of Nicaragua recites the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Kendall Field Office, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **

DHS says citizenship approvals rose in 2018

Homeland Security reached a five-year high in approvals of citizenship applications last year, and swore in more people as naturalized citizens as well, according to the new statistical report released Friday night.

May 31, 2019
This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. Video shows them going under a chain-link fence to the U.S., where they waited for agents to come. The Border Patrol has encountered 180 groups of more than 100 people since October, compared to 13 during the previous 12-month period and two the year before. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

African migrants discover U.S. immigration loopholes

Border authorities nabbed a group of 116 illegal immigrants from Africa this week, saying it's the first time they've found Africans taking advantage of the large-group tactic Central American migrants have learned to abuse.

May 31, 2019
In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asks questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Chuck Grassley dings Donald Trump Mexico tariff

Chuck Grassley, the Senate's top Republican, said Thursday that President Trump's new tariffs on Mexico are a mistake, saying the White House is bungling complex economic relationships in its zeal for force action on immigration.

May 30, 2019
In this May 24, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

White House pushes Pelosi on U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal

The White House sent a draft version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal to Congress on Thursday, attempting to kick-start the push to get lawmakers' final approval -- and drawing a rebuke from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

May 30, 2019
A Sapp Bros. gas station in Percival, Iowa, stands in floodwaters from the Missouri River, Friday, May 10, 2019. The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and floods, and rebuild southern military bases, as Democrats try to dislodge the legislation from a Senate logjam over aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

GOP blocks disaster bill, forcing delay until next week

The House passed an extension of the federal flood insurance program Thursday in a pro forma session, but Republicans once again blocked approval of the $19 billion disaster assistance package, saying that was too much money to approve without all of Congress getting a chance to vote on it.

May 30, 2019
In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., responds to the crowd's applause following his short campaign speech at Hobnob, a casual gathering of business people at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss. Seven-term Republican Sen. Thad Cochran, who used seniority to steer billions of dollars to his home state of Mississippi, died Thursday, May 30, 2019. He was 81. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Thad Cochran dead at 81

Former Sen. Thad Cochran, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Mississippi, died Thursday morning at age 81.

May 30, 2019
FILE - In this April 23, 2019 file photo, immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census, in Washington. A new court filing Thursday, May 30 by lawyers opposing adding the citizenship question to the 2020 census alleges a longtime Republican redistricting expert played a key role in making the change. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

ACLU says Trump administration lied to courts about citizenship question

Voting-rights activists went to a federal judge Thursday to accuse the Trump administration of misleading the courts over the genesis of the citizenship question it wants to add to the 2020 census, saying new evidence shows it tracks back to a Republican consultant who knew it would hurt Hispanic voting power.

May 30, 2019
Acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, center, arrives to a security-related meeting with representatives from countries in Central America's Northern Triangle in Guatemala City, Tuesday, May 28, 2019. In December the U.S. made an aid announcement aimed at providing better security and economic conditions in Central America to allow residents to stay instead of migrating north. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy)

Homeland Security, Guatemala bust illegal immigrant smuggling cartel

Homeland Security agents and Guatemalan authorities busted a significant smuggling organization Wednesday, arresting nine people who were involved in transporting thousands of illegal immigrants from across the globe through Latin America and into the U.S.

May 29, 2019
Special counsel Robert Mueller walks from the podium after speaking at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Robert Mueller on Trump: No exoneration

Special counsel Robert Mueller delivered a valedictory statement Wednesday before he resigned from his two-year investigation into President Trump, saying he could not exonerate the president of criminal wrongdoing.

May 29, 2019