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"While the president has made a very generous proposal our colleagues, Senator [Charles E.] Schumer or Senator [Richard] Durbin, have not so far responded with any counterproposal at all," said Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, the chamber's second-ranking Republican. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats stumble on border security in bid for immigration deal

Democrats say they are willing to accept tough border security as part of an amnesty for illegal immigrant "Dreamers," but they've offered few substantive ideas for what that means in practice, struggling to move beyond a vague call for more "technology" as the solution.

January 30, 2018
FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., applaud. President Trump’s first state of the union speech will carry more suspense than most. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool Image via AP, File)

GOP moderates embrace Trump immigration plan

President Trump's immigration plan won a significant statement of support Tuesday from the Republican Main Street Caucus, a group of 75 more moderate-leaning GOP lawmakers who said the president's principles echo their own goals for an immigration deal.

January 30, 2018
Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks to reporters following a Senate policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Schumer says Trump fails bipartisan test

Democrats said President Trump will be under pressure Tuesday to prove he can actually forge bipartisanship in Washington, after a year in which they said he tacked to the right, shunning opportunities they gave him to work across party lines.

January 30, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks about the government shutdown during a television news interview at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Paul Ryan: ‘Legitimate questions about FBI’s behavior

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday there are "legitimate questions" about the FBI's behavior in targeting members of then-candidate Donald Trump's team, and said that's why the House is pressing ahead with the release of a controversial GOP memo on the subject.

January 30, 2018
FILE - In this June 26, 2009 file photo, seized weapons from alleged members of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel are taken away by federal agents after a press conference in Mexico City. In a major embarrassment for Mexican law enforcement, U.S. prosecutors said in documents made public Wednesday, April 6, 2017, that Ivan Reyes Arzate, the commander of the Mexican police's intelligence-sharing unit, was passing information to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel in exchange for cash. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)

Cartels control 45 percent of Mexico: Senator

Drug cartels control almost as much territory in Mexico as the Islamic State controlled in Syria at the height of its power, a key Republican senator said this week after returning from a trip through the region.

January 30, 2018
Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Dreamers arrested, charged with smuggling illegal immigrants

Border Patrol agents in San Diego arrested two illegal immigrant "Dreamers" last week over their purported roles in separate smuggling operations, with one 22-year-old admitting to having been part of a number of such smuggling attempts.

January 29, 2018
"For many, many years they've been talking immigration, they never got anything done. We're going to get something done, we hope," President Trump said. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s SOTU big on immigrants

Dozens of Dreamers will look on from the viewing galleries Tuesday as President Trump uses his State of the Union address to push for a deal that will finally grant them a full pathway to citizenship, coupled with serious border security efforts and major policy changes.

January 29, 2018
Demonstrators rally in support of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) outside the Capitol, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Washington, on the second day of the federal shutdown. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

House caucus announces new Dreamer fix; similar to bill Trump rejected

President Trump has already rejected the outlines of the plan, but a bipartisan group of House members introduced their own immigration proposal Monday to grant legal status to potentially millions of illegal immigrants, coupled with a small down payment on the border wall.

January 29, 2018
President Donald Trump speaks during a swearing in ceremony for Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, left, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Donald Trump: GOP can’t pass immigration on its own

President Trump said Monday the GOP lacks the votes to get an immigration deal done so Democrats have veto power over the outlines of a final bill, as he heaped pressure on congressional negotiators.

January 29, 2018
Members of U.S. Homeland Security's Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) unit monitor a section of Penn Station on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014, in New York. Federal and local authorities have studied intelligence about recent attacks on mass transit in Russia and heightened security for the Super Bowl, despite no specific terror threats. VIPR is part of a nationwide security program under the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). (AP Photo)

Seven potential terrorists a day try to enter the U.S.: DHS chief

Homeland Security will demand more information from applicants from high-risk countries before accepting them as refugees, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced Monday as she defended President Trump's steps on immigration and visitor screening.

January 29, 2018