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FILE - In this Nov. 13, 2016, file photo, Central American migrants newly released after processing by the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol are fitted for shoes at the Sacred Heart Community Center in the Rio Grande Valley border city of McAllen, Texas. Central Americans attempting to enter the United States illegally on the country's border with Mexico helped drive a 15 percent increase in immigration arrests during the 2016 fiscal year, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security figures released Friday, Dec. 30. 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Illegal immigrant families surge across border

More than 23,000 illegal immigrant children and families were nabbed on the southwest border in December, according to Border Patrol statistics released this week that show the administration still struggling to deal with a problem that's now dogged it for three years. Published January 19, 2017

The U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo is relatively empty these days, but the population is likely to rise during the Trump administration. (Associated Press)

Obama’s errors leave Gitmo promise unfulfilled

It was the defining promise of the early days of the "hope and change" administration: President Obama would signal a new era of U.S. engagement with the world by closing, within a year, the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Published January 18, 2017

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2017 file photo, Defense Secretary-designate James Mattis listens on Capitol Hill in Washington while testifying at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Some of President-elect Donald Trump’s most important Cabinet choices are at odds with him on matters that were dear to his heart as a campaigner and central to his promises to supporters. For the Pentagon, the CIA, the State Department and more, Trump has picked people who publicly disagree with him on some cornerstones of his agenda In confirmation hearings. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

James Mattis clears committee, poised for quick confirmation

Gen. James Mattis on Wednesday won the overwhelming backing of the Senate Armed Services Committee to be the next Defense Department secretary, leaving him in good position to be one of President-elect Donald Trump's first Cabinet nominees to be approved. Published January 18, 2017

Congress spent less time in session, handled less business on the chamber floors and generally sputtered for much of President Obama's tenure. (Associated Press)

Obama scores poorly in working with Congress on legislation

President Obama oversaw the deepest legislative malaise in modern political history, according to the Washington Times Legislative Index, which captures his struggles to find ways to work with a Congress that ranged from lukewarm to openly hostile toward him. Published January 17, 2017

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo, Interior Secretary-designate Rep. Ryan Zinke, right, R-Mont., arrives in Trump Tower, in New York, Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Zinke says he would never sell, give away or transfer public lands, a crucial stance in his home state of Montana and the West, where access to hunting and fishing is considered sacrosanct. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Ryan Zinke defends expansive federal reach in land policies

Rep. Ryan Zinke, the nominee to head the Interior Department, will cast himself Tuesday as a champion of the federal government expanding its reach over federal lands, in a move that could signal friction with his own GOP colleagues. Published January 17, 2017

The Pentagon needs more fighter aircraft, an increase in the number of Navy ships, a higher number of Marines and Air Force personnel and a major modernization of the Army, military leaders say. (Associated Press/File)

John McCain plans massive boost in spending to build military

Sen. John McCain called Monday for a massive boost in defense spending totaling more than $85 billion per year over the next half-decade, saying that is just the beginning of what it will take to restore the U.S. military to a dominant role. Published January 16, 2017

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson talks to reporters in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, after a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Lockheed Martin changes tune, says it can cut costs on F-35

Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson returned to Trump Tower Friday to promise President-elect Donald Trump she'll drive down the costs of the F-35, as she tries to save her company's lucrative but troubled contract for the fighter jet. Published January 13, 2017

"There won't be a deportation force," House Speaker Paul D. Ryan told CNN in a town hall. (Associated Press)

Paul Ryan rules out Donald Trump’s ‘deportation force’

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Thursday that illegal immigrant Dreamers don't have to worry about being deported under a Trump administration, telling a mother that there won't be a deportation force "knocking on your door this year." Published January 12, 2017

President Barack Obama listens as Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, where Obama presented him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama ends special ‘wet foot, dry foot’ immigration policy for Cubans

The administration said Thursday that it was revoking the special "wet foot, dry foot" policy that gives legal status to Cubans who manage to reach the U.S., as President Obama sought to put the crowning touch on his rapprochement with the communist island. Published January 12, 2017

FILE - In this July 7, 2015, file photo, immigrants from El Salvador who entered the country illegally walk through a bus after they were released from a family detention center in San Antonio. Central Americans attempting to enter the United States illegally on the country's border with Mexico helped drive a 15 percent increase in immigration arrests during the 2016 fiscal year, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security figures released Friday, Dec. 30. 2016. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

New push for temporary amnesty emerges on Capitol Hill

A bipartisan coalition on Capitol Hill introduced legislation Thursday to grant young adult illegal immigrants here under President Obama's 2012 amnesty a more permanent legal status, saying the bill will protect them from deportations while Congress works out a more permanent solution. Published January 12, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump promises Obamacare replacement, border wall and Supreme Court nominee

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday that he has a slate of orders ready to sign in the days after his inauguration, promised to nominate a Supreme Court justice by early February and vowed to make good on his campaign promise to build a wall -- not just a fence -- on the U.S.-Mexico border. Published January 11, 2017

Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrats say Russia-Trump debate could affect Sessions nomination

Attorney general nominee Jeff Sessions should be forced to reveal how he would grapple with reports that Russia believes it has compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump, a top Senate Democrat said Wednesday, opening a new line of attack on the future Cabinet. Published January 11, 2017