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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, four-year-old Somali refugee Mushkaad Abdi holds her doll as her mother, Samira Dahir, talks during a Minneapolis news conference one day after she was reunited with her family. Her trip from Uganda to Minnesota was held up by President Donald Trump's Jan. 27 order barring refugees from seven predominantly Muslim nations. A federal judge in Hawaii further weakened the already-diluted travel ban Thursday, July 13, 2017, by vastly expanding the list of U.S. family relationships that visitors from six Muslim-majority countries can use to get into the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
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FILE - In this July 6, 2017, file photo, Ali Said, of Somalia, center, waits at a center for refugees with his two sons in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among one of the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules were to kick in as part of the Trump administration's proposed travel ban. A federal judge in Hawaii further weakened the already-diluted travel ban Thursday, July 13, 2017, by vastly expanding the list of U.S. family relationships that visitors from six Muslim-majority countries can use to get into the country. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 15, AND THEREAFTER – FILE – In this Dec. 16, 2009, file photo, Pennsylvania state Rep. Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, talks to reporters after an arraignment in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania requires a one-year waiting period before lawmakers and agency officials can begin lobbying former colleagues, and DeWeese is among a small group of Pennsylvania lawmakers-turned-lobbyists who spent the waiting period behind bars. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JULY 15, AND THEREAFTER – FILE – In this Jan. 2, 2007, file photo, Pennsylvania state Reps. Bill DeWeese, D-Greene, left, and John Perzel, R-Philadelphia, right, talk for a moment on the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania requires a one-year waiting period before lawmakers and agency officials can begin lobbying former colleagues, and DeWeese and Perzel are among a small group of Pennsylvania lawmakers-turned-lobbyists who spent the waiting period behind bars. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, left, followed by his wife Cecilia arrive for an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, bottom center right, leaves the stage after he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott addresses supporters at an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right, points to his wife Cecilia, left, and daughter, Audrey, during an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Supporters of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott attend an event where Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, right center, greets supporters during an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Supporters of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and protesters stand off prior to an event where Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gestures to supporters as he and his wife, Cecilia, arrive for an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Protesters are led out of an event where Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A supporter of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott uses a sign to block protesters prior to an event where Abbott announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott waves to supporters as he and his wife, Cecilia, arrive for an event where he announced his bid for re-election, Friday, July 14, 2017, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this May 24, 2017, file photo, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Budget Committee hearing on President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 federal budget. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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FILE - In this July 13, 2017 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans’ latest health care plan would create winners and losers among Americans up and down the income ladder, and across age groups. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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In this July 13, 2017 photo, Samaher Saddam cleans the entrance of her damaged house in the west side of Mosul, Iraq. The 9-month fight to defeat the Islamic State group in Mosul ended in a crescendo of devastation: bombardment that damaged or destroyed a third of its historic Old City in just three weeks. The cost of uprooting the militants was the destruction of large swaths of Iraq’s second largest city, leaving a population that is displaced, exhausted and potentially embittered if there is no reconstruction. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
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Eric C. Conn, the man responsible for the largest Social Security disability fraud in history, was sentenced in absentia Friday to 12 years in prison. He is on the loose and wanted by authorities. (Photo courtesy of the FBI)
