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A person crosses the street at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Friday, March 29, 2019. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Illegal immigrant population shrinks as Mexicans go home

Despite the surge of illegal migrants from Central America, the actual unauthorized population in the U.S. has dropped over the past decade, according to a new analysis Wednesday that found hundreds of thousands of Mexicans have surrendered their foothold and self-deported back home.

February 26, 2020
In this Nov. 12, 2019, photo, U.S. Attorney General William Barr, left, stands with other federal and officials at a news conference at the office of the Bernalillo County Sheriff in Albuquerque, N.M. New Mexico's most populous city stands to lose out on millions of dollars in crime-fighting grants due to its status as a sanctuary city, but some elected officials said Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, the U.S. Justice Department is holding out the promise of more federal funding to get Albuquerque to reconsider policies that prevent the sharing of information with federal immigration authorities. The Justice Department has reached out to the Albuquerque Police Department about funds available under Operation Relentless Pursuit, the initiative announced in December by Attorney General William Barr to combat violent crime in seven of America's most violent cities. (AP Photo/Mary Hudetz) **FILE**

Appeals court approves DOJ punishment for sanctuary cities

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Justice Department does have power under the law to withhold federal grant money from communities that refuse to share information with ICE, giving President Trump a major victory in the escalating battle with sanctuary cities.

February 26, 2020
Democratic presidential candidates, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., right, speaks as former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg looks on during a Democratic presidential primary debate Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, hosted by NBC News and MSNBC. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Pete Buttigieg: Amy Klobuchar complicit in child separations

Pete Buttigieg accused Sen. Amy Klobuchar of being complicit in the Trump administration's child separation practice because she voted to confirm his border chief, who went on to promote the Zero Tolerance border policy, and voted for judges he claimed were anti-immigrant.

February 19, 2020
Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses supporters during a campaign stop in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. . (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Michael Bloomberg breaks all the rules, upends 2020 race

Michael R. Bloomberg forged a campaign juggernaut by breaking all the usual rules, shunning retail politics and ignoring the first primary-season contests. He has yet to collect a single convention delegate.

February 19, 2020
In this Nov. 7, 2019, photo, the first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border, in Donna, Texas. The Trump administration said Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, that it will waive federal contracting laws to speed construction of the border wall with Mexico. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) **FILE**

DHS to waive labor laws to speed border wall building

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday it will waive labor and procurement rules to speed up construction of President Trump's border wall, as the department rushes to build as much as possible before Mr. Trump's self-imposed end-of-year deadline.

February 18, 2020
In this July 8, 2019, photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detain a man during an operation in Escondido, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Sanctuary city slap down as feds pursue penalties for ‘shielding of aliens’

The Justice Department unleashed a legal assault on sanctuary jurisdictions across the country this week, filing a new round of civil lawsuits asking judges to overturn the policies, and warning state and city officials they could soon face their own criminal charges for harboring illegal immigrants.

February 15, 2020
Border Patrol agents including four mounted on horseback train to respond to hostile crowds throwing rocks at a border fence on the US-Mexico border on Friday, Jan. 31, 2020, in nearby town of Sunland Park, New Mexico. The exercise was part of an annual use-of-force training for agents in the El Paso sector, which covers southern New Mexico and west Texas. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)

DHS to deploy elite Border Patrol teams to sanctuary cities

Homeland Security is sending elite Border Patrol teams to assist ICE in tracking down and deporting people from sanctuary cities, The New York Times reported Friday, marking a major escalation in President Trump's battle with communities that shield illegal immigrants.

February 14, 2020