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A group of protesters rally during a sit-in at the Texas Department of Insurance building in Austin, Texas on Monday, May 1, 2017. The protesters, opposing proposed Texas legislation that would compel police to enforce federal immigration laws, vow to occupy the building until Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes the bill. (AP Photo/Meredith Hoffman)
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Immigrant rights activist Barbie Hurtado leads protesters chanting during a sit-in at the Texas Department of Insurance building in Austin, Texas on Monday, May 1, 2017. The protesters, opposing proposed Texas legislation that would compel police to enforce federal immigration laws, vow to occupy the building until Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes the bill. (AP Photo/Meredith Hoffman)
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Nancy Kohn, of Boston, holds a Donald Trump puppet and a placard during a May Day rally, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Chelsea, Mass. Thousands of people chanted, picketed and marched on cities across America on Monday as May Day demonstrations raged against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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St. Olaf College students fill Tomson Hall to boycott classes and demand action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College President David R. Anderson iss surrounded by students in the Tomson Hall auditorium that were demanding action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate happened on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College President David R. Anderson is surrounded by students in the Tomson Hall auditorium who were demanding action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College students fill Tomson Hall to boycott classes and demand action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College junior Krysta Wetzel cries while addressing President David R. Anderson in the Tomson Hall auditorium after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate happened on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Northfield, Minn. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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Officials investigate after a fatal stabbing attack at the University of Texas campus, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Native American drummers lead a march for worker and immigrant rights at a May Day event Monday, May 1, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Frank Gehrke, right, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, checks the snowpack weight on a scale held by DWR's Wes McCandless, while doing the manual snow survey at Phillips Station, Monday, May 1, 2017, near Echo Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, inspects the snow survey tube before plunging it into the snow pack, as DWR's Wes McCandless, left, looks on during the snow survey at Phillips Station, Monday, May 1, 2017, near Echo Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Frank Gehrke, right, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, disassembles the snow survey tube after conducting the final snow survey for the season held at Phillips Station, Monday, May 1, 2017, near Echo Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, plunges the snow survey tube into the snow pack, during the snow survey at Phillips Station, Monday, May 1, 2017, near Echo Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Frank Gehrke, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, right, plunges the snow survey tube into the snow pack, as DWR's Wes McCandless looks on during the snow survey at Phillips Station, Monday, May 1, 2017, near Echo Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Frank Gehrke, right, chief of the California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program for the Department of Water Resources, accompanied by DWR's Wes McCandless, cross a snow covered meadow while conducting the manual snow survey at Phillips Station, Monday, May 1, 2017, near Echo Summit, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Officials investigate after a fatal stabbing attack at the University of Texas campus, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Officials investigate after a fatal stabbing attack at the University of Texas campus, Monday, May 1, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
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Native American drummers lead a march for worker and immigrant rights at a May Day event Monday, May 1, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Teamster Abraham Taylor lets out a yell as marchers go past during a march for worker and immigrant rights at a May Day event Monday, May 1, 2017, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)