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A Georgia gubernatorial candidate touring the state in a "deportation bus" is greeted with protests by immigrants and other residents in Clarkston, Ga., Wednesday, May 16, 2018. State Sen. Michael Williams, who trails in public polling, has received condemnation for the move just days before voters make their choice in the May 22 primary elections. (AP Photo/Benjamin Nadler)
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People hold cutouts that look like light bulbs with signs that read in Spanish "no to the price hike" during a protest against the economic policies of of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Unions and opposition grassroots movements marched in downtown Buenos Aires against hike in tariffs, inflation, and a loan by the International Monetary Fund requested by the government after a currency crisis that weakened the peso in the past weeks. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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In this Oct. 14, 2015, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) campus in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
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Illustration on rude political discourse by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on solving remaining questions over sound immigration policy by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on feminists'euphemistic treatment of prostitution by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Thousands of people take part in the ``Free the People Immigration March,'' to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 18, 2017. March and rally organizers are calling for an end to ICE raids and deportations, minority killings by police and that health care be provided for documented and undocumented individuals. Immigrant, faith, labor and community groups are expected to attend, calling for sanctuary to be given to immigrants.. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Border Patrol agents conduct pat downs of migrants caught crossing the border illegally. (cbp.gov)
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The $500 million figure split among the "coyotes," or guides, who shepherd the migrants through Central America and Mexico to the border; the stash house operators and smugglers who transport them to their final destinations in the U.S.; and the major cartels that oversee all sides of the operation. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
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In this file photo dated Saturday, March 25, 2017, a man fishes in the river near to a cross in memory of a migrant who died trying to cross to the U.S., on the bank of the Rio Grande river in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, across the border from Laredo, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, FILE) **FILE**
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Illustration on rising national debt by M.Ryder/Tribune Content Agency
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A fentanyl test strip, which cost $1 and officially intended for drug-testing urine, has been found to be effective in detecting traces of the opioid in drugs. (Associated Press)
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Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, looks up while in court for a hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Friday, April 27, 2018. The hearing is expected to deal with several procedural issues possibly including setting an initial trial date. Cruz is charged with 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder in the Feb. 14, 2018 school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. (Taimy Alvarez South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, POOL)
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents serve an employment audit notice at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Los Angeles on Jan. 10, 2018. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Central Americans who travel with a caravan of migrants they walk towards the border before crossing the border and request asylum in the United States, in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, April 29, 2018. A group of Central Americans who journeyed in a caravan to the U.S. border resolved to turn themselves in and ask for asylum Sunday in a direct challenge to the Trump administration - only to have U.S. immigration officials announce that the San Diego crossing was already at capacity. (AP Photo/Hans-Maximo Musielik)
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined by, from left, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks about the bipartisan immigration deal they reached during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. The Trump administration is already denouncing their deal in the Senate, saying it will "create a mass amnesty for over 10 million illegal aliens, including criminals." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Assisted Suicide in New York Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Law enforcement officials continue to investigate the scene of a shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Sutherland Springs, Texas. A man opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Sunday, killing and wounding many. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Supporters of sanctuary cities are finding friendly locales. The Federation for American Immigration Reform counts 564 states and municipalities that refuse cooperation with federal immigration authorities, up more than 200 since President Trump took office. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this March 20, 2018 file photo, New York candidate for governor Cynthia Nixon speaks during her first campaign stop after announcing she would challenge New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the Democratic nomination, at a church in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The "Sex and the City" star is bidding to become the first openly gay person to hold the state's highest office while the two-term incumbent has enjoyed strong support from the gay community for being a driving force behind the 2011 legislation that allowed same-sex couples to wed. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
