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U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks to the media during an election night watch party in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Leila Navidi/Star Tribune via AP)

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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden wants to restore the soul of America. First, he'll need to fix a broken and divided Congress. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Riot police form a cordon as flames shoot out from the Congress building after protesters set a part of the building on fire, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Hundreds of protesters were protesting in various parts of the country Saturday against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and members of Congress for the approval of the 2021 budget that reduced funds for education, health and the fight for human rights. (AP Photo/Oliver De Ros)

Guatemalan Congress backs down on budget after protests

Lauren Boebert, gun-toting congresswoman-elect, may carry Glock at Capitol

Debris lays in front of graffiti that reads in Spanish "Corrupt," outside of the Congress building that was damaged during protests in Guatemala City, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Protesters broke into the building and set it partially on fire amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei and the legislature for approving a controversial budget that cut educational and health spending. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Guatemala condemns fire at Congress; 12 injured in protests

President Donald Trump listens during an event in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, on prescription drug prices. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Analysis: With silence, GOP enables Trump’s risky endgame

Clouds of smoke shoot out from the Congress building after protesters set it on fire, in Guatemala City, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. Hundreds of protesters were protesting in various parts of the country Saturday against Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei and members of Congress for the approval of the 2021 budget that reduced funds for education, health and the fight for human rights. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Protesters torch Guatemala’s Congress building amid unrest

Michael Glick of Black Bear Leather, speaks from his work space about making wallets for members of the U.S. Congress on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020 in Lancaster, Pa. (Suzette Wenger/LNP/LancasterOnline via AP)

Leather maker crafts wallets for members of new Congress

The Latest: McConnell proposes shifting funds to COVID aid

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin speaks during a news conference to announce the Trump administration's restoration of sanctions on Iran at the U.S. State Department in Washington. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020 he will not to extend several emergency loan programs set up with the Federal Reserve to support the economy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Mnuchin denies trying to limit Biden’s economic options

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, meet with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi tightens grip on Dems with unchallenged nomination for speaker despite fractured caucus

Oregon lawmaker calls for December special session

In this Nov. 12, 2020, file photo speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses as she meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) **FILE**

Dems nominate Pelosi as speaker again to lead into Biden era

In this Sept. 24, 2020 file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mr. Murphy and fellow Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey are joining Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican, in opposing the Trump administration's planned $23 billion sale of weapons to the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File) **FILE**

Senators from both parties call for canceling planned $23 billion UAE weapons sale

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The revelation comes just a week after the administration said it was boosting the number of refugees it wants to accept next year to 110,000, up from 85,000 this year.

DHS memo admits refugee fraud 'easy to commit' →

In 2012 Congress carved out $5 million for Homeland Security to digitize its legacy fingerprints, and the department said it made some progress.

John Culberson, congressman, demands halt in new citizenships until DHS fixes fingerprints →

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