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In this May 3, 2017, file photo, Atticus Juarez, 3, nephew of Silvia Juarez, who was detained by ICE agents in a Michaels parking lot last week in front of her 8-year-old daughter, joins family and friends in support of the family in West Valley City, Utah. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, File)

Visa overstays now biggest problem in illegal immigration

A staggering 739,450 people overstayed their visas to become illegal immigrants in 2016, according to a new report released Monday by Homeland Security that suggests the immigration problem has shifted away from people sneaking in, and toward people who came legally but refused to leave when they were supposed to.

May 22, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 18, 2017, after the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead an investigation into President Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi says she won’t stop impeachment talk

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi gave a tacit green light to her lawmakers to pursue impeachment against President Trump on Friday, saying in a published interview that her members "are going to do what they're going to do."

May 19, 2017
President Donald Trump walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, following his short trip on Marine One from nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Trump was returning to Washington after speaking at today's U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Donald Trump begins NAFTA renegotiation

The Trump administration officially notified Congress on Thursday that it intends to renegotiate NAFTA, igniting a process that could lead to reshaping the face of trade in North America.

May 18, 2017
A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle passes along U.S. 281 under the West Rail Bypass International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, Friday, May 12, 2017. Before the wall, there was the fence. And the U.S. is still paying for it. As President Donald Trump tries to persuade a skeptical Congress to fund his proposed multibillion-dollar wall on the Mexican border, government lawyers are still settling claims with Texas landowners over a border fence approved more than a decade ago. Two settlements were completed just this week. (Miguel Roberts /The Brownsville Herald via AP)

Border Patrol hiring faces lie detector boundary

The Senate Homeland Security Committee approved a bill Wednesday to speed up hiring of Border Patrol agents by grandfathering in longtime military troops and law enforcement officers who have already passed background checks.

May 17, 2017
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke gestures as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Sheriff David Clarke to take DHS job

Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr., the pro-gun chief lawman in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, will take a job at the Homeland Security Department, according to local press reports.

May 17, 2017
Pay no attention to the umbrella: President Obama says sunny days are here again. (Associated Press)

Obama DOJ refused to hire veterans for jobs: Investigation

The Obama Justice Department discriminated against military veterans, trying to force them to withdraw their applications for two job postings -- then canceling the postings altogether and rewriting the jobs to prevent the veterans from qualifying, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

May 17, 2017
Advocacy groups have encouraged illegal immigrants to exercise their rights and to resist deportation efforts, resulting in a spike in noncompliance. (Associated Press/File)

Immigration arrests up 38 percent under Donald Trump

Immigration arrests surged 38 percent during the first 100 days of President Trump's tenure, authorities said Wednesday, adding that agents have been freed from the tight restrictions of the Obama era and are now able to target a far broader universe of illegal immigrants for deportation.

May 17, 2017
President Trump has created a determined focus at the Homeland Security and State departments, which are both involved in speeding up deportations. (Associated Press/File)

Countries refusing U.S. deportees cut from 20 to 12

Between cajoling, threats and actual punishments, Homeland Security has managed to drastically cut the number of countries that habitually refuse to take back immigrants whom the U.S. is trying to deport, officials said Tuesday, notching an early immigration success for President Trump.

May 16, 2017