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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Leon Rodriguez acknowledged problems but told Congress on Wednesday that refugee vetting has improved. (Associated Press)

Leon Rodriguez, immigration director, defends refugee vetting

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A legal immigrant reads a guide of the conditions needed to apply for the so-called "Dreamers" program, formally known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights offices in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant Dreamers who refused to return 3-year amnesties won’t be deported

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Leon Rodriguez answers a question while testifying before a Senate Judiciary hearing to examine the Administration's immigration enforcement policies, in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

Homeland Security: New amnesty for Dreamers who defied program being considered

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Liz Sullivan, mother of Kathryn Steinle, is consoled by Sabine Durden as she cries during the testimony of Kathryn's father Jim Steinle during a Senate Judiciary hearing in Washington on Tuesday. The family told Congress they support changing the laws that allowed her alleged killer to remain in the United States despite being deported several times. (Associated Press)

Illegal immigrant victim’s mother: ‘We are at war right here in this country’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama walks to the presidential limousines after stepping off Marine One at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, April 29, 2015, for a visit with wounded military personnel. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama rejects investigation into guest-worker program abuse

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A legal immigrant reads a guide of the conditions needed to apply for the so-called 'DREAMers' Obama program, formally known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights offices in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants scrambled to get papers in order as the U.S. started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a work permit, but not a path to citizenship. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama gives amnesty to known gang member, ‘Top Model’ murder suspect

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 15, 2014. file photo, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services director Leon Rodriguez tells reporters that immigration officers don't share applicants' information with enforcement authorities unless an applicant has a disqualifying criminal history or is a national security threat, during an interview with The Associated Press in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)

Immigration agency says original amnesty still approving Dreamers’ applications

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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

Nayleth Martinez from Honduras, carries a sign that reads in Spanish, "We need immigration reform now." (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Obama amnesty makes future illegals deportation unlikely

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama's new program could offer temporary amnesty from deportation and grant work permits to more than 4 million illegal immigrants, in addition to the more than 600,000 who were granted similar benefits under his 2012 policy for so-called Dreamers. (Associated Press)

Obama amnesty designed to cement illegals’ place in society, immigration director says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama speaks to the media while meeting with El Salvador's President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina, and Honduran President Juan Hernandez, to discuss Central American immigration and the border crisis in the Cabinet Room in Washington on July 25, 2014. (Associated Press)

Obama has legal power to halt deportations, top official says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times