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A biometric entry-exit system at U.S. ports has been required by law for years but has been difficult to build. (Associated Press/File)

Deportation agency ignored 1.6 million visa overstays under Obama

The government flagged more than 1.6 million foreign visitors for overstaying their visas from 2013 to 2015, but deportation agents said they fell too low on President Obama's list of priorities to bother targeting for removal, according to a watchdog report released Monday.

February 27, 2017
Sunland Park, New Mexico, is seen over the U.S. border fence as a protestor finishes painting the Spanish slogan "Neither delinquents nor illegals, we are international workers" on the Ciudad Juarez, Mexico side of the fence, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A group of around 30 protestors gathered to paint messages on the border wall on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez and stage a performance mocking the relationship between Presidents Donald Trump and Enrique Pena Nieto. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)

Illegal immigration dropped 27 percent in January

Illegal immigration across the southwest border plummeted in January as the flow of both illegal immigrant families and children traveling alone dried up, according to numbers released by Customs and Border Protection on Monday.

February 27, 2017
Demonstrators at Los Angeles International Airport showed support for President Trump's executive order banning travel to the U.S. from seven primarily Muslim nations. (Associated Press)

Refugee surge occurred after Donald Trump extreme vetting policy halted

The U.S. did see a surge of people entering from the seven terrorism-connected countries in the days after a federal judge halted President Trump's extreme vetting policy, according to government statistics that back up Mr. Trump's claims of a "big increase in traffic."

February 26, 2017
In this file photo, The National Debt Clock, a privately funded estimate of the national debt, is shown on Feb. 1, 2010, in New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Donald Trump demands credit for drop in national debt

President Trump chastised the press Saturday for not covering the national debt, which has ticked down slightly since he took office -- saying by contrast that the debt leaped $200 billion in President Obama's first month.

February 25, 2017
The Supreme Court appears to be evenly divided about the right of Mexican parents to use American courts to sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent who fired across the U.S.-Mexican border and killed their teenage son. (Associated Press/File)

Supreme Court weighs Mexico border killing, 4th Amendment

The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday to define limits to the Constitution's Fourth Amendment in a tragic case in which a U.S. Border Patrol agent fired his weapon and killed a 15-year-old boy on the Mexican side of the line.

February 21, 2017
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. U.S. President Donald Trump will direct the Homeland Security Department to start building a wall at the Mexican border. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file)

DHS cancels Obama policies, orders agents to expand deportations

Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly officially unleashed federal agents this week to begin arresting and deporting more illegal immigrants, unshackling the handcuffs the Obama administration had imposed and putting millions of people in the country without authorization at risk.

February 21, 2017