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In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. The number of family units and unaccompanied children arrested by Border Patrol in the Rio Grande Valley has doubled in the first nine months of this fiscal year compared to the same period last year. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

White House urges border-state governors to pressure Congress on $3.7B immigration bill

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, June 18, 2014, file photo, two young girls watch a World Cup soccer match on a television from their holding area where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, Pool, File)

House task force to recommend National Guard on border, faster deportations

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Former New Jersey Republican Gov. Thomas H. Keane (left) and former Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, Indiana Democrat, have overseen a follow-up to the 9/11 Commission Report. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The evolving White House deflection strategy

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this July 12, 2014, photo, Central American migrants ride a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border in Ixtepec, Mexico. Many of the children and teenagers who travelled to the United States recently said they did so after hearing they would be allowed to stay. The U.S. generally releases unaccompanied children to parents or relatives while their cases take years to wend through overwhelmed immigration courts. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

ISTOOK: The secret is out: ‘Unaccompanied minors’ are only one-fourth of illegal border-crossers

By Ernest Istook - The Washington Times

Gov. Rick Perry, center, speaks during a news conference in the Governor's press room, Monday, July 21, 2014, in Austin, Texas. Gov. Perry announced he is deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops over the next month to the Texas-Mexico border to combat criminals that Republican state leaders say are exploiting a surge of children and families entering the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Perry sending National Guard troops to border

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and WILL WEISSERT - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Thursday, July 17, 2014. Earlier he attended fundraising events in New York City. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Foreign crises won’t derail Obama’s fundraising trip, White House says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest answers questions from reporters during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Earnest took questions on the Middle East, Iran, Ukraine, and immigration. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

CHARLES: The tallest president in history

By Robert Charles

A protester waves a Texas flag and anti-immigration signs during a protest against people who immigrate illegally, Saturday, July 19, 2014, in Conroe, Texas. Texas Gov. Rick Perry took his border security criticisms to an audience of Hispanic ministers in San Antonio, telling them the federal government should put more Border Patrol troops on the ground and drones in the air to secure the Texas-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Conroe Courier, Jason Fochtman)

CHUMLEY: Border stage set for civil rights-type uprisings

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama speaks at the &quot;Kids State Dinner&quot; in the East Room of the White House, Friday, July 18, 2014, in Washington. The White House treated more than 50 kid chefs to a &quot;state dinner.&quot; The children earned a seat at the table by whipping up mouth-watering yet healthy meals as part of a nationwide contest sponsored by the food magazine Epicurious and the Education and Agriculture departments. Some of the winning recipes will be served at the dinner hosted by first lady Michelle Obama. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

White House defends Obama’s photo ops amid international crises

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Obama pauses as he speaks before signing executive orders to protect LGBT employees from federal workplace discrimination in the East Room of the White House on July 21, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama takes executive action on LGBT discrimination, but leaves religious loophole

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a cabinet meeting at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, July 18, 2014. Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers.(AP Photo/Oded Balilty, Pool)

Obama, Netanyahu talk by phone over Gaza war

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE- In this July 2, 2014 photo file, an unidentified child of a same sex couple sits next to a protest sign during the court hearing on gay marriage in Miami. Many religious leaders and conservative groups want President Obama to exempt religious organizations from an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating against gays in hiring. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter, File)

Obama to sign LGBT anti-discrimination executive order

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Immigrants who have been caught crossing the border illegally are housed inside the McAllen Border Patrol Station in McAllen, Texas where they are processed on Tuesday, July 15, 2014. More than 57,000 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the southwestern border since October, more than twice the total this time last year, many through the Rio Grande Valley. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Times, Rick Loomis, Pool)

ISTOOK: Most border invaders are not children; they’re working age

By Ernest Istook

** FILE ** Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks during an evening lecture at the U.S. Naval War College Thursday, June 12, 2014 in Newport, RI. McCain delivered a blistering assessment of the U.S response to the developing military situation in Iraq from the Senate floor earlier on Thursday. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

John McCain calls Obama’s White House ‘cowardly’ and ‘AWOL’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration on the influx of illegal alins on the southern border by Tim Brinton

KNIGHT: A modest proposal for housing illegal immigrants

By Robert Knight

Courtesy of the White House

Michelle Obama: I’m quitting French fries

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, questions Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen as lawmakers continue their probe of whether tea party groups were improperly targeted for increased scrutiny by the IRS, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Issa keeps pressure on White House on subpoena of presidential adviser

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Barbie Miller, left, yells as she joins demonstrators outside the Mexican Consulate Friday, July 18, 2014, in Houston. Prospects for action on the U.S.-Mexico border crisis faded Thursday as lawmakers traded accusations rather than solutions, raising chances that Congress will go into its summer recess without doing anything about the tens of thousands of migrant children streaming into South Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Obama to host immigration meeting with Central American leaders

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Jill Abramson, former executive editor of The New York Times, receives an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the commencement ceremony Monday, May 19, 2014 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. It was Abramson's first public appearance since her dismissal from The New York Times. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

Jill Abramson: Obama most secretive president

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds execute a maneuver while visitors watch from Falcon Stadium after the graduation ceremonies of the Class of 2009. This was the 51st graduating class, and consisted of 1,046 newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenants (US Air Force photo by Dennis Rogers)

Air Force command nominee is 1st woman, non-pilot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times