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Illegal immigrants sit in a group after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CAL THOMAS: Stop the immigration flood

By Cal Thomas

Security officials are maintaining their presence at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Al-Shabab released a video threat through Twitter on Friday saying it would conduct shooting attacks at seven shopping centers around the world. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Al-Shabab malls terrorist threat questionable to State Department

By Bill Gertz

President Barack Obama speaks during his meeting with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Obama moves on immigration measures despite judge halting amnesty

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama closes his eyes as a prayer is offered at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

White House denies scare tactics in homeland security funding dispute

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jeh Johnson: Focus on fighting ISIL, not ‘Islamic extremism’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, hundreds of newly trained al-Shabab fighters perform military exercises in the Lafofe area some 18km south of Mogadishu, in Somalia. A Somali intelligence official says Zakariya Ismail Ahmed Hersi, a leader with the Islamic extremist group al-Shabab who has a $3 million bounty on his head, has surrendered to police in Somalia. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

DHS warns of possible terrorist attack at Mall of America

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is ceasing preparations for a program designed to shield millions of immigrants from deportation as a result of a federal court ruling issued late Monday. Mr. Johnson said his agency will work to protect parents of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents while the legal process continues. (Associated Press)

Obama, immigrants refuse to be stopped by court decision

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Jeh Johnson: Terror cells now in America with ‘desire to conduct an attack’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

DHS to GOP: Don’t tie agency funding to amnesty for illegals amid IS threats

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration, in this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Justin Smith, Colorado sheriff, calls out Jeh Johnson: ‘Stop with the threats’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

McCaul

Secure border, punish illegals: Republicans answer amnesty with tough measures

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson listens at left as President Barack Obama speaks at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015. Obama renewed his call for Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation, including a proposal that encourages companies to share threat information with the government and protects them from potential lawsuits if they do. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jeh Johnson: Obama should veto anti-amnesty budget bills

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, before a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the impact of President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Jeh Johnson demands Congress stop fighting amnesty

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Officer Valerie Woo uses a bolt cutter to remove a lock from a suitcase that must be opened for inspection at the Agriculture screening section of Customs at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. Bolt cutters, knives and magnifying glasses are all common accoutrements for the officers. (The Washington Times) **FILE**

DHS to ramp up random airport screenings amid Paris terrorism

By Phillip Swarts - 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)

Illegal immigration up, deportations down in 2014: Homeland Security

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A U.S. Secret Service agent waits by the spare limousine before President Barack Obama's motorcade departs for a tour of the Forbidden City in Beijing, China, Nov. 17, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

FLASHBACK: Secret Service needs outside leadership to drive culture change, review finds

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks at the Professional Services Council Thursday about his department's implementation efforts related to President Barack Obama's action on immigration, and his need for a fully funded budget. (Associated Press)

Jeh Johnson pleads for Homeland funding as Obama defends amnesty amid lawsuits

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

During an intense grilling session on Capitol Hill, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson disagreed with President Obama's 2010 assertion that amnesty would lead to a new surge in illegal border crossings from Mexico. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **

Jeh Johnson: Deportation amnesty allows DHS to get serious about border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hunter, a member of the House Armed Services Committee is calling for an investigation of a former Army official who played a key role in the service’s struggling intelligence program_and made millions of dollars in the process_while allowing people to believe he earned a Ph.D. that he did does not hold. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Duncan Hunter: DHS should have had ‘national security interest’ in keeping terrorists in custody

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks in Highland Heights, Ky., in this Nov. 21, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Rand Paul: Immigration on list of ‘host’ of issues where Obama has ‘changed his mind’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times