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Case of terror suspect caught sneaking into U.S. roils immigration debate

In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Zabi-Ullah Hemmat wasn’t just one of 415,816 illegal immigrants caught at the southwest border in fiscal 2016. Nor was he just another of the 84 people from Afghanistan apprehended by Border Patrol agents that year.

Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., ranking member on the House Budget Committee listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testified before the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

House Budget Committee’s new Democratic chairman sees ‘no way’ to balance U.S. budget

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, photo, U.S. Coast Guard Culinary Specialist Jerry Wright, right, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin, second from right, stack boxes of donated cereal at a pop-up food pantry created at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. The pantry was created by local Coast Guard-related advocacy groups to help hundreds of civilian and non-civilian Coast Guard employees to help makes ends meet during the partial federal government shutdown. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)

‘Pay held hostage’: Coast Guard remains on duty but grows increasingly vocal over shutdown

By Ben Wolfgang and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

‘Unusual move’: Top FBI lawyer personally involved in obtaining FISA warrant for Carter Page

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A tank of Venezuelan Bolivarian National Army moves inside the Military base Paramacay in Valencia, Venezuela, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017. Venezuelan ruling party chief Diosdado Cabello said the military squashed a "terrorist" attack at the military base Sunday, shortly after a small group of men dressed in military fatigues released a video declaring themselves in rebellion.(AP Photo/Juan Carlos Hernandez)

Critics: Spain’s tank, arms deals with Venezuela prop up Nicolas Maduro

By Martin Arostegui — Special to The Washington Times

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Flags fly over the Covington Catholic High School stadium in Park Kills, Ky., Sunday, Jan 20, 2019. A diocese in Kentucky has apologized after videos emerged showing students from the Catholic boys' high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial on Friday after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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Snow covers the grounds of Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. The school has received national attention in the wake of videos showing students from the school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell)

Trump says Covington Catholic High School students are ‘symbols of Fake News’

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Del., for the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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This undated photo provided by the Carson City Sheriff's Office in Carson City, Nev., shows suspect Wilbur Martinez-Guzman. Authorities investigating four recent Nevada killings say murder charges are pending against Martinez-Guzman, suspected of being in the U.S. illegally. (Carson City Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Christopher Steele, former British intelligence officer, said the law firm Perkin Coie wanted to be in a position to contest the 2016 election results. (Associated Press)

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Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, left, hugs Cassius Winston during a timeout the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Maryland, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in East Lansing, Mich. Michigan State won 69-55. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to members of the media at her alma mater, Howard University, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 in Washington, following her announcement earlier in the morning that she will run for president. Harris, a first-term senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump's nominees, entered the Democratic presidential race on Monday. Vowing to "bring our voices together," Harris would be the first woman to hold the presidency and the second African-American if she succeeds. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., ranking member on the House Budget Committee listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testified before the committee's hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ** FILE **

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The bill, introduced by Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, runs to 1,301 pages. "The president has proposed a serious compromise to end this shutdown," Mr. Shelby said. "It would not only fund the government and secure the border, but also provide immigration reforms the Democrats have long supported." (Associated Press)

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Attorney General nominee William P. Barr promised to provide "as much transparency as I can," regarding the special counsel's long awaited report. (Associated Press)

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In this Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018, file photo, United States Border Patrol agents stand by a vehicle near one of the border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

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Carter Page, a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, speaks with reporters following a day of questions from the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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In this Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, image made from video provided by the Survival Media Agency, a teenager wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, center left, stands in front of an elderly Native American singing and playing a drum in Washington. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington in Kentucky is looking into this and other videos that show youths, possibly from the diocese's all-male Covington Catholic High School, mocking Native Americans at a rally in Washington. (Survival Media Agency via AP)

Questions arise over whether Catholic teens were targeted by Native elder with activist history

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Flags fly over the Covington Catholic High School stadium in Park Kills, Ky., Sunday, Jan 20, 2019. A diocese in Kentucky has apologized after videos emerged showing students from the Catholic boys' high school mocking Native Americans outside the Lincoln Memorial on Friday after a rally in Washington. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

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