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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio speaks with the media in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Sheriff Joe Arpaio sues Obama to halt executive amnesty

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed the first lawsuit late Thursday seeking to halt President Obama's new executive action on immigration, saying he has abused his presidential powers and ignored the Constitution and the will of Congress.

November 21, 2014
FILE - House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Oct. 8, 2013 file photo, as the partial government shutdown enters its second week with no end in sight. Some rank-and-file GOP lawmakers from safe districts say another shutdown must be an option if President Barack Obama keeps his promise to halt the threat of deportation for large numbers of immigrants living in the United States illegally. Top Republican Party leaders say two things are clear: Last year’s government shutdown hurt the party. And Republicans must not let the president’s pending immigration action bait them into a repeat. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Boehner predicts new surge of illegal immigration

House Speaker John A. Boehner would not say Friday what action he and his colleagues will take to push back against President Obama's executive immigration moves, but vowed something will happen.

November 21, 2014
Supporters gather during a rally organized by OneAmerica as part of a National Week of Action to demand robust executive measures to stop deportations and keep families together Thursday, November 20, 2014, in Seattle. President Barack Obama is expected to announce his plan to use executive action to partially change the nation's immigration system Thursday night. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Jordan Stead)

Obama amnesty doesn’t shield enough illegal immigrants, activists say

President Obama's executive amnesty would shield up to 5 million illegal immigrants from deportation and grant most of them work permits — but immigrant-rights activists had hoped for much more, saying he left a number of hard-working illegal immigrants still in danger of being separated from their families.

November 20, 2014
FILE- This Sept. 14, 2014, file photo shows a sign reading 'Kill Ebola Before Ebola Kill You', on a gate as part of the country's Ebola awareness campaign in the city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. The government's worst-case scenario forecast for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa won't happen, a U.S. health official said Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff, File)

DHS: Visitors from Ebola countries can remain in U.S. for 18 months

Hours before President Obama announces a temporary amnesty for many illegal immigrants, his Homeland Security Department said Thursday it will grant a specific exemption allowing citizens from Ebola-affected West African countries to remain in the U.S.

November 20, 2014
Prior to the Senate's vote on the Keystone XL oil pipeline, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the bill's sponsor, has 59 votes ready and is searching for the last vote needed for approval. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Obama’s executive action will lead to immigrant deaths

Sen. Mitch McConnell warned Thursday that some would-be illegal immigrants could die trying to reach the U.S. thanks to President Obama's plans to offer a temporary amnesty, saying it will amount to an invitation for a new wave of illegal immigrants to make the perilous journey from Latin America.

November 20, 2014
FILE - In this June 25, 2014 photo shows a group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. The influx at the border is largely families with children or by minors traveling alone. From October 2012 through the end of September 2013, the U.S. Border Patrol apprehended about 24,000 unaccompanied children. But between October and the end of June 2014, the number shot up to 57,000. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson testified recently that the number is accelerating so fast that it could reach 90,000 by the end of September. Most of them are coming from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Jeh Johnson: U.S. could face new surge of illegals

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warned Wednesday that the country could face another spike in illegal immigration as the U.S. economy picks up and as seasonal patterns change, though he said they have made major progress in combatting the surge of illegal immigrant children that wrong-footed his department earlier this year.

November 19, 2014
"This is the worst possible time to be tying our hands behind our backs," said Sen. Mitch McConnell, the GOP's leader, who pointed to the advance of Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and Syria. "The threat from ISIL is real. It's different from what we've faced before. And if we're going to overcome it — if our aim is to degrade and destroy ISIL, as the president has said — then that's going to require smart policies and firm determination." (Associated Press)

NSA phone snooping upheld by Senate Republicans’ filibuster

Senate Republicans rose to the defense of the National Security Agency on Tuesday by filibustering a bill that would have halted the agency's phone-snooping program, saying it is now more critical than ever amid advancing terrorism in the Middle East and fears of homegrown terrorism in the U.S.

November 18, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has complained that House Republicans have not passed a broad immigration bill approved in his chamber, but he has not sent it to the other side of the Capitol. (Associated Press)

Harry Reid urges Obama to act now on immigration

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he has President Obama's back when the White House announces its immigration plans to grant temporary amnesty to illegal immigrants, and defended his own party's lack of action when it had total control of Congress and the White House in 2009 and 2010.

November 18, 2014
FILE- In this Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, a woman and child are escorted to a van by detention facility guards inside the Artesia Family Residential Center, a federal detention facility for undocumented immigrant mothers and children in Artesia, New Mexico. The facility is now releasing more detainees rather than deporting them, according to Artesia Mayor Phillip Burch. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)

Artesia mayor: 95 percent of families of illegals being released

Almost all of the illegal immigrant families traveling from Central America to the U.S. are being released from the special facility meant to hold them in New Mexico, according to the mayor of the town where the special facility is located.

November 18, 2014
The Senate will vote Tuesday on a bill by Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat, known as the USA Freedom Act. It is designed to make sure the Patriot Act can no longer be used to justify collecting the phone records. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Obama backs bill to end to NSA snooping

The Obama administration "strongly" backs legislation to halt its NSA snooping program, the White House budget office said in a policy statement Monday, a day ahead of a first showdown Senate vote.

November 17, 2014
Detainees sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama opens door for Central American children to legally come to U.S.

The Obama administration quietly announced a program late last week to create a legal channel for thousands of Central American children to come to the U.S., a move designed to prevent a repeat of this summer's illegal immigrant surge but which Republicans said amounted to "border sabotage."

November 16, 2014