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Migrants from Central America line up to begin the process of returning to their countries with the help of the International Organization of Migration outside a shelter set up for members of the migrant caravan Monday, Nov. 26, 2018, in Tijuana, Mexico. A day after a march by members of the migrant caravan turned into an attempt to breach the U.S. border with Mexico, many migrants appeared sullen, wondering whether the unrest had spoiled whatever possibilities they might have had for making asylum cases. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

El Salvador criticizes both U.S., migrant parents for border clash

The government of El Salvador complained Tuesday about the treatment of illegal immigrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, insisting both countries should use "dialogue" rather than force to control the mob of migrants that burst through the boundary fence over the weekend.

November 27, 2018
A migrant runs from tear gas launched by U.S. agents, amid members of the press covering the Mexico-U.S. border, after a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and says that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived in the city. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Obama administration used tear gas at border once a month

The same tear gas agent that the Trump administration is taking heat for deploying against a border mob this weekend is actually used fairly frequently -- including more than once a month during some years under President Obama, according to Homeland Security data.

November 26, 2018
In this Nov. 22, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump hit of judges ideological gap correct

President Trump wasn't wrong last week when he pointed to an obvious ideological gap between judges nominated by a Democratic president versus those nominated by a Republican -- but legal experts said his mistake was in coupling it with such naked criticism of the judiciary.

November 25, 2018
In this March 27, 2018, file photo, plaintiffs Cathrine Schmid, second left, and Conner Callahan, second right, listens with supporters during a news conference in front of a federal courthouse following a hearing in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ** FILE **

Trump admin asks Supreme Court to speed transgender troops case

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to step in and rule that a policy prohibiting transgender troops from serving in the military is legal, seeking to short-circuit lower courts which have been skeptical about the ban.

November 23, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Judge allows lawsuit against Trump charity to proceed

A New York judge ruled Friday that the state's lawsuit against President Trump's charity can proceed, rejecting the president's insistence that he's immune from these sorts of cases while he's in the Oval Office.

November 23, 2018
In this Sept. 27, 2017 file photo, Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during the Bicentennial of Mississippi's Judiciary and Legal Profession Banquet in Jackson, Miss. Roberts is pushing back against President Donald Trumps description of a judge who ruled against the administrations new asylum policy as an Obama judge. Its the first time that the leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint of criticism of Trump, who has previously blasted federal judges who ruled against him. Roberts says Wednesday that the U.S. doesnt have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges. He is commenting in a statement released by the Supreme Court after a query by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) **FILE**

Chief Justice John G. Roberts rebuts Trump on criticism of judges

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. issued a striking rebuff to President Trump on Wednesday, saying there is no such thing as "Obama judges or Trump judges" and insisting the country's federal judges uphold their independence from politics.

November 21, 2018
President Trump was furious over the asylum ruling, complaining that federal judges in the 9th judicial circuit, which covers the West Coast, aren't giving him a fair shake. (Associated Press)

Obama-appointed judges undercut Trump on immigration

President Trump lost two big immigration court rulings Tuesday, after a federal judge in California shot down his attempt to limit asylum claims and another judge in Michigan ordered the administration to release nearly 100 Iraqi immigrants living in the U.S. illegally who had been detained as part of a travel ban-related deal.

November 20, 2018
In this Nov. 16, 2018, photo, members of the U.S. military install multiple tiers of concertina wire along the banks of the Rio Grande near the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. The Pentagon is estimating the cost of the military's mission on the U.S.-Mexico border will be about $210 million under current plans. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Kirstjen Nielsen, James Mattis: Troops to stay on Mexico border

The Trump administration says there is no timetable for the 5,800 troops at the border being withdrawn, undercutting a general who said Monday that he was beginning to draw down troops this week and expected all of them would be home by mid-December.

November 20, 2018