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In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee boys scream as they attend a soccer training session at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In this picture taken on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017, Syrian refugee girls attend a basketball training session at a private sports club, southern Beirut, Lebanon. Every Sunday the gymnasium in Beirut echoes with the shouting and laughter of dozens of children, mostly Syrian refugees enjoying a rare escape from a grim and cloistered life in exile. The Sport 4 Development program, run by the U.N. children's agency, aims to bring 12,000 children, mostly Syrian refugees, to blacktops and turf pitches this year to teach the basics of soccer and basketball, and to ease the pain of war and displacement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Gabriela Baraja, right, and her sons Melvin Garcia, left, and Antonio Garcia pose for a photo at their home in Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. As President Donald Trump moves ahead with a nationwide immigration crackdown, school principals in Chicago have been given a simple order: Do not let federal immigration agents in without a criminal warrant. Barajas was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but is allowed to stay as part of a federal program launched in 2012. (AP Photo/Don Babwin)
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, Lorena Carvajal participates in a march and protest aimed at President Donald Trump's nationwide efforts to crack down on immigration in Chicago. As Trump moves ahead with an immigration crackdown, school principals in Chicago have been given a simple order: Do not let federal immigration agents in without a criminal warrant. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, a boy joins others participating in a protest and marching aimed at President Donald Trump's nationwide efforts to crack down on immigration in Chicago. As Trump moves ahead with an immigration crackdown, school principals in Chicago have been given a simple order: Do not let federal immigration agents in without a criminal warrant. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast File)
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In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, hundreds of people take part in a protest and march aimed at President Donald Trump's nationwide efforts to crack down on immigration in Chicago. As Trump moves ahead with a nationwide immigration crackdown, school principals in Chicago have been given a simple order: Do not let federal immigration agents in without a criminal warrant. (Maria Cardona/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)
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Illustration on domestic spying by Mark Weber/Tribune Content Agency
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Black Leadership Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Black Leadership Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the complexities of dealing with illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Charles Collins, a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, speaks at a press conference in Milwaukee. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of six black and Latino plaintiffs who say they've been stopped once or multiple times since 2010 without a citation or clear explanation. The lawsuit alleges the Milwaukee Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program is citywide but is concentrated in areas largely populated by minorities. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via AP)
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American Civil Liberties Union attorney Nusrat Choudhury speaks at a news conference in Milwaukee, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, about a federal lawsuit the ACLU filed against the Milwaukee Police Department on behalf of six black and Latino plaintiffs who say they've been stopped once or multiple times since 2010 without a citation or clear explanation. The lawsuit alleges the Milwaukee Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program is citywide but is concentrated in areas largely populated by minorities. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via AP)
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Melissa Byrne, a consultant for UltraViolet national women's advocacy organization, holds a cake with a message for House Speaker Paul Ryan written on it outside of Ryan's office on Main Street in downtown Janesville, Wis., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. (Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)
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Grassroots Immigrations Programs Director Cristina Parker talks about the challenges facing immigrants living illegally in the United States, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Around the country, President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants living illegally in the U.S. have spread fear and anxiety and led many people to brace for arrest and to change up their daily routines in hopes of not getting caught. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Grassroots Immigrations Programs Director Cristina Parker talks about the challenges facing immigrants living illegally in the United States, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Around the country, President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants living illegally in the U.S. have spread fear and anxiety and led many people to brace for arrest and to change up their daily routines in hopes of not getting caught. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Benedictine Sister Anne McCarthy leads a "Build Bridges Not Walls'' immigration vigil at Perry Square near the U.S. District Courthouse in Erie, Pa., Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. About 60 attended the vigil, where speakers denounced President Donald Trump's temporary immigration and refugee bans. (Christopher Millette
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Grassroots Immigrations Programs Director Cristina Parker talks about the challenges facing immigrants living illegally in the United States, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Around the country, President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on the estimated 11 million immigrants living illegally in the U.S. have spread fear and anxiety and led many people to brace for arrest and to change up their daily routines in hopes of not getting caught. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Protesters of President Donald Trump's immigration policies chant across the street from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection station Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in McAllen, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP)
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Former U.S. Congresswoman and mass shooting survivor Gabrielle Giffords, left, greets an admirer at the Statehouse in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Giffords and her national gun-safety advocacy group Americans for Responsible Solutions are trying to build support for bills that would expand background checks on private firearms sales in New Mexico and remove guns from domestic violence situations where a restraining order has bee issued. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Former U.S. Congresswoman and mass shooting survivor Gabrielle Giffords, left, talks with Democratic New Mexico Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017. Giffords and her national gun-safety advocacy group Americans for Responsible Solutions are trying to build support for bills that would expand background checks on private firearms sales in New Mexico and remove guns from domestic violence situations where a restraining order has bee issued. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
