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Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.

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This March 2, 2019, file photo, shows a Customs and Border Control agent patrolling on the US side of a razor-wire-covered border wall along the Mexico east of Nogales, Ariz. A border activist charged with helping a pair of migrants with water, food and lodging is set to go on trial in U.S. court in Arizona. Defendant Scott Daniel Warren has argued that his spiritual values compel him to help all people in distress. The trial is scheduled to begin Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Tucson, with the 36-year-old Warren charged with harboring migrants and conspiring to transport and harbor two Mexican men found with him who were in the U.S. illegally. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

2 illegal immigrants die after breaching border

Two illegal immigrants died at the border in less than 24 hours this week, in both cases succumbing just minutes after they breached the border, officials said Monday, detailing a rapidly expanding death toll from the migrant surge. Published June 3, 2019

U.S. Attorney General William Barr listens to concerns raised about public safety in rural Alaska during at a roundtable discussion at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) ** FILE **

Democrats move to hold William Barr, Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress

The House Oversight Committee announced Monday it will hold a vote to recommend holding Attorney General William P. Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress, saying they've refused to turn over documents about adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. Published June 3, 2019

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters just after the Senate passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill to help a number of states and Puerto Rico recover after a series of hurricanes, floods and wildfires, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Republican leaders agreed to Democrats' demand to toss out President Donald Trump's $4.5 billion request to address a record influx of Central American migrants who are fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras and elsewhere and coming to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Chuck Schumer: Trump is fabricating border crisis

The Senate's top Democrat on Monday accused President Trump of fabricating the border crisis, saying his attempts to cut off foreign assistance for Central American governments is backfiring by sending more people north. Published June 3, 2019

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-NY, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks during a news conference, in New York, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

House Dems to hold hearings on Mueller report

The House Judiciary Committee on Monday announced a series of hearings focusing on special counsel Robert Mueller's report, laying the groundwork for a broader investigation into President Trump. Published June 3, 2019

Julia Paley, of Arlington, Va., with the DMV Sanctuary Congregation Network, holds up a sign that reads "DACA Don't Destroy Dreamers Dreams" during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside the White House, in Washington on Sept. 4, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Supreme Court puts off DACA decision again

The Supreme Court declined Monday to speed up consideration of President Trump's move to phase out the Obama-era DACA deportation amnesty. Published June 3, 2019

Top officials from the U.S. and Mexico will begin talks Monday in a scramble to fend off President Trump's threat of devastating tariffs and meet his demand for fewer migrants at the border. (Associated Press/File)

Border crisis awaits Congress return

Congress returns Monday from vacation to face an immigration and border crisis that looks strikingly different from what it did when members fled town in May after failing to pass an emergency bill to fund the government's efforts to accommodate the illegal immigrant surge. Published June 2, 2019

Ericka Ames, center, 18, of Nicaragua recites the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Kendall Field Office, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) ** FILE **

DHS says citizenship approvals rose in 2018

Homeland Security reached a five-year high in approvals of citizenship applications last year, and swore in more people as naturalized citizens as well, according to the new statistical report released Friday night. Published May 31, 2019

This May 29, 2019 photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. Video shows them going under a chain-link fence to the U.S., where they waited for agents to come. The Border Patrol has encountered 180 groups of more than 100 people since October, compared to 13 during the previous 12-month period and two the year before. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

African migrants discover U.S. immigration loopholes

Border authorities nabbed a group of 116 illegal immigrants from Africa this week, saying it's the first time they've found Africans taking advantage of the large-group tactic Central American migrants have learned to abuse. Published May 31, 2019

A stock monitor shows exchange rates on a storefront in Mexico City, Mexico, Friday, May 31, 2019, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 5% tariff — that could increase incrementally to 25% — on all Mexican imports. The economic impact for Mexico was swift. The peso dropped more than 3% against the U.S. dollar by Friday morning. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico sends foreign minister to head off Trump tariffs

Mexico dispatched its foreign minister to the United States Friday amid a heightened conflict over trade and immigration, and he came armed with a letter asking President Trump to cool it. Published May 31, 2019

This May 29, 2019, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shows some of 1,036 migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, the largest that the Border Patrol says it has ever encountered. Video shows them going under a chain-link fence to the U.S., where they waited for agents to come. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP)

Illegal immigrants infecting Border Patrol agents: OIG

Homeland Security's inspector general said Friday that "dangerous overcrowding" is out of control for illegal immigrants kept in Border Patrol facilities along the U.S.-Mexico boundary. Published May 31, 2019

In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asks questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Donald Trump’s Mexico-border tariffs anger GOP coalition

President Trump's decision to slap tariffs on Mexico has angered key parts of his coalition of supporters in Washington, who say what he's doing is not only stretching the law, but is bad policy to boot. Published May 31, 2019

In this Jan. 15, 2019, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee committee member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, asks questions during a Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ** FILE **

Chuck Grassley dings Donald Trump Mexico tariff

Chuck Grassley, the Senate's top Republican, said Thursday that President Trump's new tariffs on Mexico are a mistake, saying the White House is bungling complex economic relationships in its zeal for force action on immigration. Published May 30, 2019

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before departing on Marine One for the Air Force Academy graduation ceremony, Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump slaps tariffs on Mexico over border crisis

President Trump announced a new emergency 5% tariff on all goods imported from Mexico, saying it was the only way to get America's southern neighbor to step up and do more to stop the flow of migrants. Published May 30, 2019

In this May 24, 2019, photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pauses during a panel discussion at Delaware County Community College in Media, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) **FILE**

White House pushes Pelosi on U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal

The White House sent a draft version of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal to Congress on Thursday, attempting to kick-start the push to get lawmakers' final approval -- and drawing a rebuke from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Published May 30, 2019

A Sapp Bros. gas station in Percival, Iowa, stands in floodwaters from the Missouri River, Friday, May 10, 2019. The House on Friday passed a $19 billion disaster aid bill that would deliver long-sought relief to farmers, victims of hurricanes and floods, and rebuild southern military bases, as Democrats try to dislodge the legislation from a Senate logjam over aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

GOP blocks disaster bill, forcing delay until next week

The House passed an extension of the federal flood insurance program Thursday in a pro forma session, but Republicans once again blocked approval of the $19 billion disaster assistance package, saying that was too much money to approve without all of Congress getting a chance to vote on it. Published May 30, 2019