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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, on Tuesday confronted ICE Director Sarah Saldana over her agency's record. (Associated Press)

Sarah Saldana, ICE chief, takes heat over agency’s record

The administration released dozens of convicted illegal immigrant murderers and rapists back onto the streets last year, even as it began to hold more women and children, according to the latest statistics that have President Obama and his immigration team taking fire from all sides in the debate.

April 14, 2015
In this March 3, 2015 photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers make an arrest in New York, during a series of early-morning raids. Immigrant and Customs Enforcement say an increasing number of cities and counties across the United States are limiting cooperation with the agency. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Feds releasing hundreds of illegal immigrant rapists, murderers: report

The administration is deporting fewer criminal aliens than it did last year, according to new statistics released Tuesday that undercut President Obama's justification for his new amnesty, which he said was intended to free agents to focus on the most dangerous of criminals by focusing on "felons not families."

April 14, 2015
President Obama raises his glass to toast during a luncheon hosted by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Sept. 24, 2014, at the United Nations headquarters. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds sitting on billions of dollars of unused assets

The federal government is sitting on billions of dollars in money and valuable resources it no longer needs and could capitalize on to help reduce the deficit or pay for other priorities, Congress's chief investigative arm reported Tuesday.

April 14, 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his news conference at the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Panama, Saturday, April 11, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

OPT program may cause Americans lose jobs to foreign workers

Businesses are increasingly making use of a little-known program that lets them hire high-skilled foreign workers for internships, without having to pay their payroll taxes — creating what critics say is yet another perverse incentive to pick would-be immigrants over American workers.

April 13, 2015
In this March 9, 2015, file photo, Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill. speaks in Washington. Durbin is accusing Republican of putting Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama's attorney general nominee "in the back of the bus." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Senators demand probe into guest-worker program, American layoffs

They agree on little else in the immigration debate but Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions and Democratic Sen. Richard J. Durbin teamed together Thursday to ask the Obama administration to investigate the guest-worker program for high-skilled foreigners, fearing it's being abused by companies desperate for cheaper labor.

April 9, 2015
Gina Dominique, lower left, who came from Haiti, takes the oath of U.S. citizenship during a naturalization ceremony in Boston, Thursday, April 2, 2015. Nearly 400 people from dozens of countries ranging from Albania to Zimbabwe took part in the ceremony. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Humayun Mirza’s long journey to American citizenship

Humayun Mirza was born in British-controlled India, is the son of Pakistan's first president, has traveled on three different passports and studied many countries as a World Bank diplomat. But when his diplomatic visa was due to expire and he needed to decide on a permanent passport, his choices came down to U.S. or British citizenship.

April 7, 2015
President Barack Obama smiles while speaking at Howard University in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2015. Obama visited the school to discuss the impact of climate change on public health and steps his administration is taking to reduce the health impacts of climate change on communities. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Court tosses challenge to 2012 deportation amnesty

A federal appeals court Tuesday tossed a lawsuit trying to halt President Obama's 2012 deportation amnesty for illegal immigrant Dreamers, ruling that neither immigration agents nor Mississippi, who had sued to stop the amnesty, could show an actual injury.

April 7, 2015