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Immigrants are processed by the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande on May 22, 2021, in Roma, Texas. As the Department of Homeland Security ships tens of thousands of illegal immigrants throughout the country, sheriffs are demanding they be notified of new arrivals, saying if the feds can't keep track of the migrants, the locals will have to do it. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, File)

Virginia emerges as surprise sanctuary state for illegal immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An immigrant considered a threat to public safety and national security waits to be processed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid, June 6, 2022. The Supreme Court said Friday, June 23, 2023, that it will no longer stand in the way of a long-blocked Biden administration policy to prioritize the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest public safety risk or were picked up at the border. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) **FILE**

ICE released a repeat child sex offender who is now accused of raping a 13-year-old girl

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A small gap appears in the unfinished border wall Wednesday, May 19, 2021, near Sasabe, Ariz. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also told Texas it was canceling deportation requests — known as “detainers” — on other illegal immigrants, including some who pleaded guilty to felony charges of evading arrest, had convictions for drunk driving, drug possession or domestic assault injuring a family member. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

‘Family loophole’ lies damn immigrant children to hellish homes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A small gap appears in the unfinished border wall Wednesday, May 19, 2021, near Sasabe, Ariz. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also told Texas it was canceling deportation requests — known as “detainers” — on other illegal immigrants, including some who pleaded guilty to felony charges of evading arrest, had convictions for drunk driving, drug possession or domestic assault injuring a family member. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

DHS cancels deportation request for hit-and-run killer

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S soldiers stand guard along a perimeter at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. On Monday, the U.S. military and officials focus was on Kabul's airport, where thousands of Afghans trapped by the sudden Taliban takeover rushed the tarmac and clung to U.S. military planes deployed to fly out staffers of the U.S. Embassy, which shut down Sunday, and others. (AP Photo/Shekib Rahmani)

Rush to approve Afghan visas poses serious risks

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Arizona, to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Broken system: Deportation backlog now nearly three years for average case

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A border patrol officer fails to arrest a migrant running after jumping the United States border fence to San Diego, from Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2018. Discouraged by the long wait to apply for asylum through official ports of entry, many Central American migrants from recent caravans are choosing to cross the U.S. border wall and hand themselves into border patrol agents. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

Feds prosecute fake illegal immigrant ‘children’ at the border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An immigrant family joins members of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, CHIRLA, on a vehicle caravan rally to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program (DACA), around MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

‘Dreamers’ symbol of broken immigration system

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 22, 2018, photo U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents surround and detain a person during a raid in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**

Sanctuary city jails defy ICE detainers, release dangerous illegal immigrant criminals

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Trump announced Friday that Guatemala would be signing an agreement to restrict asylum applications to the U.S. from Central America. (Associated Press)

Trump immigration policy on winning streak in courts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents attend operational readiness exercises at the San Ysidro port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border, seen from Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to close the U.S. border with Mexico for an undisclosed period if his administration determines Mexico has lost "control" on its side. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Aryan Brotherhood, Mexican cartels smuggling illegal immigrants into U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump greets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi upon his arrival to the White House in Washington, Monday, March 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Iraq, Trump administration disagree on terms of travel ban deal

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a group of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally as they are stopped in Granjeno, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) **FILE**

Illegal immigrants prosecuted for enticing relatives to U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Advocates of illegal immigrants have been protesting President Trump's official policies for a year, ever since he issued his first two major executive orders. (Associated Press/File)

Donald Trump’s immigration report card mixed after 1 year

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrate in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion, outside of the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Illegal immigrant lied about age in right to abortion court fight

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Activists with Planned Parenthood demonstrated in Washington on Oct. 20, 2017, in support of a pregnant 17-year-old being held in a Texas facility for unaccompanied immigrant children to obtain an abortion. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Feds release Jane Roe illegal immigrant to get abortion

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Cities like Chicago are still battling Attorney General Jeff Sessions over sanctuary status while others cave in. (Associated Press)

Sanctuary cities cooperate after Jeff Sessions threatens to withhold grant funding

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Juan Manuel Montes-Bojorquez, 23, qualified for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection said he violated terms of the program and was subject to deportation.

Feds say deported ‘Dreamer’ lost status, had criminal convictions

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

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort an arrestee during a series of early-morning raids on March 3, 2015, in the Bronx borough of New York. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Nearly 1 million immigrants — including more than 170K convicts — ignoring deportation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Jim Steinle, second from left, father of Kathryn Steinle, in photograph, testifies next to Montgomery County (Md.) Police Department. Chief J. Thomas Manger, right, before a Senate Judiciary hearing to examine the Administration's immigration enforcement policies, in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. Kathryn Steinle was killed on a San Francisco pier, allegedly by a man previously deported several times. (AP Photo/Molly Riley) ** FILE **

Number of sanctuary cities grows to 340; thousands of illegals released to commit new crimes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times