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Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in San Diego on July 23, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Scott Walker, Rick Perry, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal didn’t penalize sanctuary cities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants have been using several methods to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, such as hopping aboard trains bound for the north. Critics of President Obama's amnesty say immigration enforcement has become lax and that too many beds at processing facilities for illegal crossers in the U.S. continue to go unused. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant deportations plummet as Obama amnesty hampers removal efforts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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, N.M. (Associated Press)

Immigration agency: Single Hispanic females deserve asylum in U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Homeland Security Department headquarters in northwest Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015. With a partial shutdown of the agency looming, Senate Republicans offered on Tuesday to permit a vote on Homeland Security funding legislation stripped of immigration provisions backed by conservatives but strongly opposed by President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

DHS deportation beds empty as Obama policies leave illegals on the streets

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with GPS-enabled ankle bracelets to track illegal immigrants in the U.S. (Associated Press)

Illegals immigrants from border surge knowingly released by Homeland Security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illegal immigrants on their way to deportation listen to a Border Patrol agent in Arizona in 2010, when the majority came from Mexico. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Obama White House deporting fewer illegal immigrants than budget allows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Illegal immigrants have been the focus of much debate. (Associated Press)

Feds released hundreds of immigrant murderers, drunken drivers, sex-crimes convicts

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Border Patrol agents processes a number of illegal immigrants caught entering the United States, in Sasabe, Ariz., on Jan. 19, 2007. One border-state local law enforcement officer said the border has become so dangerous in some places the Feds don’t allow their border patrol to actually patrol the border because it’s not safe.(Associated Press)

ISTOOK: Obama’s deportation rate hits record low, not record high

By Ernest Istook

**FILE** Men recently deported from Arizona wait in line to be registered with Mexican authorities at the border in Nogales, Mexico, on April 28, 2010. (Associated Press)

ICE agents catch and release most illegal immigrants, new report shows

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Yves Gomes, a student at the University of Maryland, who's parents were deported, poses for a photo outside his great uncle's house where he lives in Silver Spring, Md., Friday Jan. 17, 2014. Gomes says he considers himself one of the lucky ones _ lucky, at least, among the so-called "dreamers." Even though his parents were deported and his legal status was once in limbo, today the 21-year-old Indian native attends the University of Maryland paying in-state tuition. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

High rate of approval for ‘dreamers’ vexes critics of immigration reform

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting fewer illegal immigrants this fiscal year, but a larger percentage of them have no criminal records. The numbers suggest that the Obama administration is struggling to meet its stated goals. (ICE via Associated Press)**FILE**

Deportations plummet in 2013, lowest since 2007: Report

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** Illegal immigrants file into a U.S. Border Patrol facility in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

U.S. releases illegal immigrants who are sex offenders

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Julio Miguel Blanco-Garcia

ICE had chance to detain suspect before Vanessa Pham was killed

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

**FILE** U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (Associated Press)

Under Secure Communities, D.C. goes easy on immigrants with records

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Christopher Crane, who represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, says illegal immigrants are given a bigger voice than enforcement agents during the immigration reform debate. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

99.5% of illegal immigrants get approval for legal status; high number raises concerns about fraud

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times