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Small U.S. flags are piled on a table as thousands of people attend a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. About 3,000 people took the oath in the morning and more than 3,500 others were expected during an afternoon ceremony, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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People wave U.S. flags during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. About 3,000 people took the oath in the morning and more than 3,500 others were expected during an afternoon ceremony, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Armenian immigrant Naira Hallabyan is lit by her smartphone screen while watching a video presentation during a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. About 3,000 people took the oath in the morning and more than 3,500 others were expected during an afternoon ceremony, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Sofian Haikal, a 36-year-old immigrant from Syria, pauses for photos after attending a naturalization ceremony to become a U.S. citizen, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. About 3,000 people took the oath in the morning and more than 3,500 others were expected during an afternoon ceremony, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Erik Danialian, a 21-year-old immigrant from Iran, poses with his U.S citizenship certificate in front of a large U.S. flag after a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. About 3,000 people took the oath in the morning and more than 3,500 others were expected during an afternoon ceremony, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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A woman holds an American flag during a rally in support of Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Centennial, Colo. U.S. immigration authorities have denied Vizguerra's request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, speaks during a news conference in a church in which she and her children have taken refuge Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Denver. U.S. immigration authorities have denied her request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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Jeanette Vizguerra, left, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, cradles her 6-year-old daughter, Zuri, during a news conference in a church in which she and her children have taken refuge, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Denver. U.S. immigration authorities have denied the her request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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CNN reporter Jim Acosta told Wolf Blitzer on Feb. 15, 2017, that "the fix is in" between the White House and conservative media outlets at press briefings. (CNN screenshot)
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This undated photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama's administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Medina on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at his father's home, even though he has a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Daniel Ramirez Medina/Public Counsel via AP)
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In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, Budget Director-designate Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C. testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Budget Committee. Mulvaney has cleared a routine Senate hurdle. But at least two senior Republicans have voiced doubts about supporting him in a Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, confirmation vote. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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This undated photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama's administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Medina on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at his father's home, even though he has a work permit under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (Daniel Ramirez Medina/Public Counsel via AP)
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In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, photo, Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky poses for a photo at his office, in New York. Lubetzky is pledging $25 million over the next 10 years to create a nonprofit dedicated to “revealing and countering” the food industry’s influence on public health. The move underscores the division between “Big Food” companies and newer players that market themselves as wholesome alternatives aligned with public health. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, photo, Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky listens during an interview, in New York. Lubetzky is pledging $25 million over the next 10 years to create a nonprofit dedicated to “revealing and countering” the food industry’s influence on public health. The move underscores the division between “Big Food” companies and newer players that market themselves as wholesome alternatives aligned with public health. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, photo, Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky talks during an interview, in New York. Lubetzky is pledging $25 million over the next 10 years to create a nonprofit dedicated to “revealing and countering” the food industry’s influence on public health. The move underscores the division between “Big Food” companies and newer players that market themselves as wholesome alternatives aligned with public health. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Kind snack bars are displayed in a New York supermarket, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky is pledging $25 million over the next 10 years to create a nonprofit dedicated to “revealing and countering” the food industry’s influence on public health. The move underscores the division between “Big Food” companies and newer players that market themselves as wholesome alternatives aligned with public health. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, photo, Kind CEO Daniel Lubetzky talks during an interview, in New York. Lubetzky is pledging $25 million over the next 10 years to create a nonprofit dedicated to “revealing and countering” the food industry’s influence on public health. The move underscores the division between “Big Food” companies and newer players that market themselves as wholesome alternatives aligned with public health. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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In this Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, migrants and refugees wave for help from inside a wooden boat 21 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The chief of the European border and coast guard agency says migrant deaths in the Mediterranean on the Libya-to-Italy smuggling route have increased to a record level despite ever more rescue vessels trying to prevent mass drownings. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)
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FOR STORY: GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE : Greece Team Called Hope In this Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, Hozaifa Hajdepo from Syria, second left, soccer player of Hope waits at a canteen at a refugee camp in the western Athens' suburb of Skaramagas. Former Greek national soccer team goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis, who became a national hero in 2004 during the European Cup, is heading a project to help refugees stranded in Greece regain a sense of purpose, working as a team. Most players of Hope Refugee Football Club live in a large trailer park at Skaramagas, an industrial zone west of Athens, where freight containers are turned into shoebox-shaped homes. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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FOR STORY GREECE TEAM CALLED HOPE Greece Team Called Hope In this Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, players of Hope Refugee Football Club practice during a training in Athens. The team is called "Hope" and is made up of players who fled warzones like Syria, Yemen, Iraq and Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)