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In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows foreign nationals being arrested this week during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

ICE sweep nets 132 illegal immigrants in D.C. area

ICE officers nabbed 132 illegal immigrants in the Washington metropolitan region in an enforcement sweep this month, including a high-ranking MS-13 member, a convicted child rapist and other serious criminals, the agency announced Tuesday.

July 24, 2018
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, and his wife Louise Linton, hold up a sheet of new $1 bills, the first currency notes bearing his and U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza's signatures, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017, at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) in Washington. The Mnuchin-Carranza notes, which are a new series of 2017, 50-subject $1 notes, will be sent to the Federal Reserve to issue into circulation. At left is BEP Director Leonard Olijar. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds’ spending watchdog site riddled with errors

Federal agencies are finally submitting their spending data to a special public database so taxpayers can see where the money is going -- but a majority of the numbers are little more than junk, according to a new government report Tuesday.

July 24, 2018
A mother migrating from Honduras holds her 1-year-old child as surrendering to U.S. Border Patrol agents after illegally crossing the border Monday, June 25, 2018, near McAllen, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Feds make progress on reuniting families from border separation

The government is making major strides toward reuniting immigrant parents with children who were separated from them after they illegally crossed the border, the government said in a new court filing Monday evening that says some 879 parents are now back together with their children.

July 23, 2018
Barracks for law enforcement trainees in New Mexico, has been converted into a 672-bed detention center for illegal immigrant families. (Associated Press/File)

Illegal immigrant family detention facilities below capacity

The government pays for thousands of detention beds for illegal immigrant families, but nearly 40 percent of them were sitting unused in late June, even as the Department of Homeland Security was rushing to release parents and children into communities.

July 15, 2018
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer criticized the guidelines. He said President Trump and Republicans "will have blood on their hands." (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Asylum officers get broader powers in new government guidelines

The government's citizenship agency issued new guidelines this week that give asylum officers broader powers to reject claims based on domestic abuse or gang violence, clearing the way for those with bogus claims to be speedily deported.

July 12, 2018
In this Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows foreign nationals being arrested this week during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **

GOP senators push measure to support ICE

Republican senators called Thursday for the Senate to approve a resolution putting the chamber on record in support of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, saying the government's top deportation agency does critical work in keeping the country safe.

July 12, 2018
Members of Patriot Movement AZ gather outside of the U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement Removal Operations Field Offices in Phoenix, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, calling for support of ICE and strengthening the country's borders. (AP Photo/Annika Wolters)

Dems introduce first bill to abolish ICE

A handful of congressional Democrats on Thursday introduced the first bill to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, putting on paper the details of getting rid of the agency responsible for everything from deportations to stopping counterfeiters to nabbing online child sex predators.

July 12, 2018
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan of Wisc., addresses The Economic Club of Washington, Thursday, July 12, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Paul Ryan: My car was eaten by animals

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said he hasn't driven in several years and when he went to check if his car still worked, he discovered a family of woodchucks had eaten all the wiring.

July 12, 2018