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Jim Brenner, left, and Chuck Jones, discuss Florida Gov. Rick Scott's failure to sign an order protecting gay and lesbian state workers from discrimination on Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017 photo, Cleveland Indians' Michael Brantley, center, walks off the field with a trainer, left, and manager Terry Francona in the fifth inning of a baseball game, in Cleveland. Brantley was placed on the disabled list after injuring his right ankle. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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FILE - This March 8, 2016 file photo shows State Sen. Dave W. Marsden, D-Fairfax, during the floor session of the Virginia Senate at the State Capitol in Richmond, Va. In early April, lawmakers rejected McAuliffe's proposed amendment to a towing bill leaving him the option of vetoing the bill or signing it into law. (Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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A taxi filled with women from many nations pay their fare as they arrive at an unofficial border station across from Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec on Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The migrants are being driven north by the perception, real or perceived, that the age of President Donald Trump means the United States is no longer the destination of the world's dispossessed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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As utility crews extend the power grid to a complex of tents, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, right, stands on the Canadian side of pathway, that serves as an illegally crossing point from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Migrants crossing into Canada are processed by the RCMP in the tents before being turned over to the Canada Border Services Agency. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Luggage from migrants fills a pathway at an illegally crossing point from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer informs a migrant couple of the location of a legal border station, shortly before they illegally crossing from Champlain, N.Y., to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer standing in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, advises migrants that they are about to illegally cross from Champlain, N.Y., and will be arrested, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer, left, standing in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, advises migrants that they are about to illegally cross from Champlain, N.Y., and will be arrested, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. Officials on both sides of the border first began to notice last fall, around the time of the U.S. presidential election, that more people were crossing at Roxham Road. Since then the numbers have continued to climb. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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A taxi filled with women from many nations pay their fare as they arrive at an unofficial border station across from Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec on Roxham Road in Champlain, N.Y., early Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The migrants are being driven north by the perception, real or perceived, that the age of President Donald Trump means the United States is no longer the destination of the world's dispossessed. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Illustration on solving the immigration puzzle by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 11, 2017 file photo, American League's Cleveland Indians pitcher Andrew Miller throws a pitch, during the MLB baseball All-Star Game in Miami. All-Star reliever Andrew Miller may need more time to recover from knee tendinitis, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. Miller was placed on the 10-day disabled list last week with soreness in his right knee that had bothered him for weeks. The elite, late-inning left-hander was having control issues and the Indians felt it was best to shut him down before it worsened. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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This undated photo provided by the San Jose Police Department shows Ezequiel Aaron Dureo-Carvajal. Police say Dureo-Carvajal who posed as a doctor was arrested on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017 on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman during an unlicensed examination. (San Jose Police Department via AP)
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Illustration on tax reform by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on immigration, assimilation and common sense by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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City of Chicago's Corporation Counsel, Ed Siskel, listens to a question during a news conference at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Chicago. Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon ... critical local policy" on immigrants. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam) (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this Aug. 4, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. As Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took his fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies to federal court, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, Sessions hit back at Chicago, saying the Trump administration "will not simply give away grant dollars to city governments that proudly violate the rule of law and protect criminal aliens at the expense of public safety." (AP Andrew Harnik File)
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FILE - This undated booking file photo provided by the Maricopa County Sheriff shows Sammantha Allen of Phoenix. Jurors sentenced Allen to death on Monday, Aug. 7, 2017 in the killing of a 10-year-old cousin who was locked in a small plastic storage box and left to die as punishment for stealing an ice pop. Allen, will become the 55th woman on death row in the U.S. after the jury reached its verdict. (Maricopa County Sheriff via AP,File)
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FILE – This May 12, 2017, file photo shows the Carson School, an elementary school in Cincinnati. A federal lawsuit says a "treacherous school environment" that allowed and covered up bullying led to the suicide of an 8-year-old Ohio boy.The wrongful death suit filed Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, by the parents of Gabriel Taye names officials at his elementary school and at the Cincinnati Public Schools district as defendants. (AP Photo/Lisa Cornwell, File)
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City of Chicago's Corporation Counsel, Ed Siskel, speaks during a news conference at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, in Chicago. Chicago has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a Trump administration immigration stance. The 46-page lawsuit filed Monday says that "neither federal law nor the United States Constitution permits the Attorney General to force Chicago to abandon ... critical local policy" on immigrants. (AP Photo/G-Jun Yam)
