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Armed U.S. Capitol Police officer take position near the Botanic Gardens in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. A woman struck a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser with a vehicle near the Capitol and was taken into custody, police said. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Massachusetts State Rep. Michelle DuBois is remaining unapologetic after her tip on Facebook about a rumored immigration raid irked federal officials. (WBZ)
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A woman, left, is taken into custody on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Police say a driver struck a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser near the U.S. Capitol and was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A woman, center, is taken into custody on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Police say a driver struck a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser near the U.S. Capitol and was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A woman, center, is taken into custody on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Police say a driver struck a U.S. Capitol Police cruiser near the U.S. Capitol and was taken into custody. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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A woman carries a baby and holds a banner as she takes part in a protest outside the House of Commons in central London, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Britain will begin divorce proceedings from the European Union later on March 29, starting the clock on two years of intense political and economic negotiations that will fundamentally change both the nation and its European neighbors. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Protesters, one of them with a giant head depicting Theresa May, at Parliament Square in central London, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Britain will begin divorce proceedings from the European Union later on March 29, starting the clock on two years of intense political and economic negotiations that will fundamentally change both the nation and its European neighbors. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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Protesters, stand outside the House of Commons in central London, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Britain will begin divorce proceedings from the European Union later on March 29, starting the clock on two years of intense political and economic negotiations that will fundamentally change both the nation and its European neighbors. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
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In this March 21, 2017, photo, Pablo Garcia a native of Chihuahua, Mexico, mops the kitchen at Sazon Restaurant in Santa Fe, N.M. “Without immigrants, our labor force would essentially stop growing, making it very difficult to increase our gross domestic product,” said New Mexico State University economist Jim Peach. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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In this undated photo, migrant workers from Mexico on Johnson Farm in Luna County, N.M. (Roberto E. Rosales/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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Republican leaders Rep. Tim Moore, left, and Sen. Phil Berger, hold a news conference Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C., where they announced they thought they had reached a compromise with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on a replacement for HB2. The law limits LGBT nondiscrimination protections and requires transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)
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Republican leaders Rep. Tim Moore, left, and Sen. Phil Berger, hold a news conference Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Raleigh, N.C., where they announced they thought they had reached a compromise with Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on a replacement for HB2. Berger holds papers that he said were the Governor's proposal. The law limits LGBT nondiscrimination protections and requires transgender people to use public restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificate. (Chris Seward/The News & Observer via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2017 file photo, a protester holds a sign that reads "ICE Hands Off DACA Families Free Daniel," during a demonstration in front of the federal courthouse in Seattle. An immigration judge says a Mexican man who was arrested despite participating in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children can be released from custody pending deportation proceedings. Judge John Odell made the decision Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Lawyers for 24-year-old Daniel Ramirez Medina said they expect him to be released Wednesday, March 29. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
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Rep. Earl Ehrhart watches over debate of SB 71, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Atlanta. House leaders are trying to force a vote on a bill overhauling colleges' disciplinary processes in reports of sexual assault but opposed by advocates for victims of such crimes. A Senate committee halted the bill's progress last week, but the bill sponsor, Ehrhart, is using a legislative maneuver to bring it for a House vote and send it straight to the full Senate. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Rep. Earl Ehrhart presents SB 71 Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Atlanta. House leaders are trying to force a vote on a bill overhauling colleges' disciplinary processes in reports of sexual assault but opposed by advocates for victims of such crimes. A Senate committee halted the bill's progress last week, but the bill sponsor, Ehrhart, is using a legislative maneuver to bring it for a House vote and send it straight to the full Senate. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Immigrant justice activists Will Lambek, left, and Enrique Balczar speak at a news conference Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Burlington, Vt. Both were detained and then released later by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on alleged immigration violations. (AP Photo/Cory Dawson)
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Immigrant justice activists Zully Palacios and Enrique Balaczar embrace at a news conference Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Burlington Vt. Both were detained and then released later by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on alleged immigration violations. (AP Photo/Cory Dawson)
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Immigrant justice activists Zully Palacios and Enrique Balaczar embrace at a news conference Tuesday, March 28, 2017, in Burlington Vt. Both were detained and then released later by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on alleged immigration violations. (AP Photo/Cory Dawson)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina who was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama's administration. Ramirez, who was arrested despite his participation in a program designed to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children, can be released from custody pending his deportation proceedings, an immigration judge ruled Tuesday, March 28, 2017. (Daniel Ramirez Medina/Public Counsel via AP, File)
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Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., holds up a copy of the Constitution while talking to reporters as House Republicans emerge from a closed-door meeting on how to deal with the impasse over the Homeland Security budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. GOP lawmakers have been trying to block President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration through the funding for the DHS which expires Friday night. Sounding retreat, House Republicans agreed Thursday night to push short-term funding to prevent a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security while leaving in place Obama administration immigration policies they have vowed to repeal. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
