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FILE - In this March 10, 2004 file photo Former French Cabinet Minister and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil is seen during a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies. (Charles Platiau, pool via AP, FILE)
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FILE - In this June 7, 1994 file photo, then First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is greeted by French Health, Urban and Social Affairs Minister Simone Veil at a breakfast meeting in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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FILE - In this March 18, 2010 file photo, Simone Veil, dressed in the French Academician's uniform, delivers her speech at the Institut de France before a ceremony in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (Philippe Wopjazer, Pool photo via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Jan 2003 file photo, former French Cabinet Minister and Holocaust survivor Simone Veil cries as she delivers a speech during the inauguration of the Paris Memorial for Holocaust victims. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, file)
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In this Dec. 13, 1974 file photo, French Health Minister Simone Veil speaks about abortion law at the French National Assembly in Paris. Simone Veil, a Nazi death camp survivor and prominent French politician who spearheaded abortion rights, dies at age 89. (AP Photo/Eustache Cardenas, File)
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FILE - In this June 18, 2014 file photo, a juvenile detainee sits in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. The Trump administration plans to arrest parents and other relatives who authorities believe smuggled their children into the United States, a move immigrant advocates said would send a wave of fear through vulnerable communities. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool)
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FILE - This June 18, 2014, file photo shows U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents work at a processing facility in Brownsville,Texas. A new "surge initiative" aims to identify and arrest the adult sponsors of unaccompanied minors who paid coyotes or other smuggling operations to bring young people across the U.S. border, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed Thursday, June 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, Pool, File)
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A protester gets arrested by Denver police officers after refusing to vacate the offices of Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in downtown Denver, Colo., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Police arrested a group of disabled protesters on Thursday evening who had spent three days camped out in Gardner's office, demanding that he pledge to oppose the GOP's health care plan. (John Leyba/The Denver Post via AP)
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Protesters Lonnie Smith, left, and Dawn Russell are wheeled out from Republican Sen. Cory Gardner's office after they were getting arrested in downtown Denver, Colo., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Police arrested a group of disabled protesters on Thursday evening who had spent three days camped out in Gardner's office, demanding that he pledge to oppose the GOP's health care plan. (John Leyba/The Denver Post via AP)
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Dawn Russell gets arrested by Denver police officers after refusing to vacate the offices of Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in downtown Denver, Colo., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Police arrested a group of disabled protesters on Thursday evening who had spent three days camped out in Gardner's office, demanding that he pledge to oppose the GOP's health care plan. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)
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A Denver police officer, center back, asks protesters to vacate the offices of Republican Sen. Cory Gardner in downtown Denver, Colo., Thursday, June 29, 2017. Police later arrested the group of disabled protesters on Thursday evening who had spent three days camped out in Gardner's office, demanding that he pledge to oppose the GOP's health care plan. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP)
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Mario Henderson leads chants of "save Medicaid," in a protest in Washington D.C., Thursday. Medicaid is one of the major sticking points in the Senate's health care bill. Sen. Susan Collins says Medicaid funding is important for her state. There is no consensus yet among the senators. (Associated Press photographs)
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Illustration on violence committed by illegal aliens by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the continuing hazards of government run health care by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Amelie Hahn of Jackson, waves a message sign on behalf of her daughter. noting the importance of Medicaid for her continued health care, as she and other social service activists, Medicaid recipients and their supporters stage a protest outside the building that houses the offices of U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. About 35 participants began the morning with a protest at Cochran's office, while sending some representatives to meet with his staff. By mid afternoon, the same group continued their outdoor protest at the federal courthouse where U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., maintains offices. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Scott Crawford, with the Mississippi Coalition for Citizens with Disabilities, waves his disability symbol American flag outside the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., as he and other Medicaid recipients, social service activists and supporters stage a protest outside the offices of U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Jackson, Miss. About 35 participants began the morning with a protest at U. S. Sen. Thad Cochran's office, and later that morning met with Wicker's staff to express their concern on the Senate's version of the overhaul of the health plan. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Protesters march around the Capitol as they rally against the Senate Republican healthcare bill in Washington, Wednesday, June 28, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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President Donald Trump meets with what the White House identifies as "immigration crime victims" to urge passage of House legislation to save American lives, Wednesday, June 28, 2017, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, is joined by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., right, as the Republican-led House pushes ahead on legislation to crack down on illegal immigration, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017. One bill would strip federal funds from "sanctuary" cities that shield residents from federal immigration authorities, while a separate bill would stiffen punishments on people who re-enter the U.S. Illegally. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
