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Out of the past: A scene from the tea party Tax Payer's March on Washington on Sept. 12, 2009, to protest tax-and-spend programs. (Associated Press)
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In this Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018 photo, a migrant family from Central America waits outside the Annunciation House shelter in El Paso, Texas, after a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer drops them off. Volunteer shelters along the U.S.-Mexico border say they are preparing for an expected surged of new immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. who will need temporary housing as the holidays approach. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras) **FILE**
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Social Security Benefit Ship Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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The Long Wait for Healthcare Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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From Kennedy-Khrushchev to Trump-Putin (sponsored)
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Central American migrants travel as a caravan toward the U.S. border on the highway that connects Guadalajara with Tepic, Mexico, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018. Many migrants say they are fleeing rampant poverty, gang violence and political instability primarily in the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) ** FILE **
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"So if $2 trillion is so easy to get a hold of, we should probably get a hold of it and fill the budget gaps that we have today," said Rep. Rob Woodall, Georgia Republican. (Associated Press)
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French gendarmes patrol the beach in Ambleteuse near Calais, northern France, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Land, sea and air patrols are combing the beaches, dunes and frigid, murky coastal waters of northern France in a bid to end an unusual high-risk tactic by migrants, mostly Iranians: trying to sneak across the English Channel in rubber rafts. (AP Photo Michel Spingler)
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In this May 25, 2010 file photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent walks down the aisle among shackled Mexican immigrants a boarded a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter jet for deportation in the air between Chicago, Il. and Harlingen, Texas. A Homeland Security Department internal watchdog says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could have saved millions of dollars on charter flights carrying deported immigrants to their home countries by not leaving seats empty. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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A Border Patrol agents talks on the phone in the processing area at a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Donna, Texas. Officials say the site will primarily be used as a temporary site for processing and care of unaccompanied migrant children and families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Vice President Mike Pence and Venezuelan President Juan Guaido meet with Venezuelan migrants Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Bogota, Colombia. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
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Vice President Mike Pence talks to members of the press Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 while meeting with Venezuelan migrants in Bogota, Colombia. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
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James Madison
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Canada uses a point-based immigration system, as do many other countries across the globe. On Thursday, President Trump laid out his own vision for a revamped immigration system for the U.S. and he referenced Canada three times in the speech. (Associated Press)
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Citizen Journalists Fighting ISIS Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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These salaried agents are reimagining the home buying and selling experience (sponsored)
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The FDA Takes on CBD Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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"Trump is a racist ..." (Illustration by Henry Payne for Detroit News)
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Central American migrants ride atop a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The once large caravan of about 3,000 people was essentially broken up by an immigration raid on Monday, as migrants fled into the hills, took refuge at shelters and churches or hopped passing freight trains. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
