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Acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director Matthew Albence said there are as many as 22,000 people in custody who were arrested in the interior of the country. Mr. Albence said gang members, spouse abusers and drug offenders would be among those people released. He said the Democrats' push was a backdoor way to achieve the "abolish ICE" goal. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on illegal immigration's economic impact by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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J.R. Ford, a parent of a transgender young person, is comforted by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass. after speaking about the need for the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill, at a roundtable hosted by the Human Rights Campaign's Parents for Transgender Equality National Council at the Cannon House Office Building on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, in Washington. (Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign) ** FILE **
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Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, presides over the Senate session at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Monday, Feb. 11, 2019. Fairfax has been facing sexual assault charges. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) **FILE**
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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Charles E. Schumer's approval ratings have fallen among registered New York voters. He has break-even favorability. (Associated Press)
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Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke organized a March for Truth to counter President Trump's MAGA rally in El Paso, Texas on Monday. (Associated Press)
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In this June 17, 2018, file photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas. Records obtained by The Associated Press highlight some of the problems that plague government facilities for immigrant youth. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP) ** FILE **
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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2018 file photo, Virginia Gov.-elect, Lt. Gov Ralph Northam, center, walks down the reviewing stand with Lt. Gov-elect, Justin Fairfax, right, and Attorney General Mark Herring at the Capitol in Richmond, Va. The political crisis in Virginia exploded Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, when the state's attorney general confessed to putting on blackface in the 1980s and a woman went public with detailed allegations of sexual assault against the lieutenant governor. With Northam's career already hanging by a thread over a racist photo, the day's developments threatened to take down all three of Virginia's top elected officials. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Illustration on Socialist promises to remedy climate change by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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This Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, file photo released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, shows foreign nationals being arrested this week during a targeted enforcement operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and at-large criminal aliens in Los Angeles. (Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) ** FILE **
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Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer compared President Trump's delivery of the State of the Union address to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, reaching out to the audience on family-friendly issues but dividing them on abortion.
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Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke enters a room of supporters during a reception in Kenner, La., Saturday, May 29, 2004. Fresh out of prison for bilking supporters, Duke hosted a weekend gathering of enthusiastic backers eager to hear him as he lashed out at Jews, blacks, immigrants and the ``Zionist-controlled media.'' (AP Photo/Burt Steel)
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The Federation for American Immigration Reform calculated that one out of every 35 illegal immigrants in Arizona was in state prison or jail in 2016, the highest rate of any of the states its researchers studied. Other studies came to different conclusions. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on New York state's new abortion law by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Affordable Prescription Medicine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Free healthcare for all! (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)
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New statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics have inspired postive press coverage about President Trump for a change. (Associated Press)
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holding on: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam is vowing to remain in office, but fellow Democrats say he needs to step down amid furor over a racist photo. (Associated Press)
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Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., listens as Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
