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Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul speaks in Richmond, Va., on Nov. 4, 2013. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Ron Paul: ‘More terrorist attacks have been thwarted by airline passengers than by the TSA’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

United States Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., participates in a news conference about Homeland Security funding in New York, Monday, March 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ** FILE **

Senate rejects debate on homeland funds in push for ‘clean’ bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of La. leaves the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, after a procedural vote as Congress moves toward a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department hours before a shutdown was to begin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House GOP: No deal to vote on ‘clean’ DHS funding bill

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

GOP Surrender Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT KNIGHT: Senate passage of Homeland bill sign of Republican weakness

By Robert Knight

In this Feb. 27, 2015, photo, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., voice their objections to the Republican majority during a delay in voting for a short-term spending bill for the Homeland Security Department during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats didn&#8217;t get all they wanted in Congress&#8217; struggle over Homeland Security, but many feel they are winning a broader political war that will haunt Republicans in 2016 and beyond. "It&#8217;s a staggering failure of leadership that will prolong this manufactured crisis of theirs and endanger the security of the American people," said Pelosi. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pelosi lectures GOP on ‘legislative process’ over DHS bill

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks during his meeting with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, to discuss the ongoing response to the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa and Liberia's recovery from the deadly virus. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama to sign short-term funding to keep Homeland Security open: White House

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right, talks about his move to disentangle one of two contested immigration measures from the Homeland Security budget and debate the issues separately, as the Senate faces an impasse over provisions attached to the spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: It is time for Mitch McConnell to go

By Judson Phillips

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, to urge Republicans to support a "clean bill" to fund the Homeland Security Department as that agencies budget expires later this week. The DHS budget is at a standstill over provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. Sen. Reid is wearing sunglasses to protect his injured eye as he continues to recover from a workout accident. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid vows to end filibuster of Homeland Security money

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, to urge Republicans to support a "clean bill" to fund the Homeland Security Department as that agencies budget expires later this week. The DHS budget is at a standstill over provisions attached to a Homeland Security spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration. Sen. Reid is wearing sunglasses to protect his injured eye as he continues to recover from a workout accident. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats end filibuster with ‘clean’ Homeland funding bill

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Illegal immigrants sit in a group after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CAL THOMAS: Stop the immigration flood

By Cal Thomas

President Barack Obama gestures as he finishes speaking to members of the National Governors Association, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015, in the State Dining Room of White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama on immigration: ‘Will fight any attempt to turn back the progress we’ve made’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks about the agency's budget and cybersecurity at the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee session during the National Governors Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015. Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm next week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn't also overturn President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Hold the line on defunding Obama’s overreach

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Homeland Security not-so-essential personnel

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

National Governors Association Chairman, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, left, accompanied by Vice Chair, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, conduct the opening news conference of the National Governors Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Some Republican governors back Homeland Security showdown

By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is ceasing preparations for a program designed to shield millions of immigrants from deportation as a result of a federal court ruling issued late Monday. Mr. Johnson said his agency will work to protect parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents while the legal process continues. (Associated Press)

Obama, immigrants refuse to be stopped by court decision

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Boehner refused to rule out a potential shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security because of a congressional impasse over funding. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Boehner: DHS shutdown would be Democrats’ fault

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

"The House has acted. We've done our job. Senate Democrats are the ones putting us in this precarious position," Speaker John A. Boehner said about a bill to fund Homeland Security and defund amnesty. (Associated Press)

John Boehner: Homeland Security shutdown over amnesty in Democrats’ hands

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2014 file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. A series of trips to Cuba by U.S. lawmakers is in doubt amid questions over the communist government's eagerness or ability to accommodate a surge of new interest and possible investment from the United States. American officials said the Cuban government has pushed off all congressional visits, including one by Pelosi, until at least mid-April. The Cuban Interests Section in Washington said some will go forward in the coming days, but others are postponed. Several members of Congress had planned to go to the island country this month. They included Pelosi, a California Democrat, and Sen. Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican, who has proposed ending the U.S. travel embargo of Cuba. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Nancy Pelosi: Democrats are fighting for Obama, not illegal immigrants

By S.A. Miller and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

DHS to GOP: Don’t tie agency funding to amnesty for illegals amid IS threats

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Incarcerated gang members. (Image: FBI)

Illegal immigrants released from custody committed 1,000 new crimes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times