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FILE - In this June 30, 2015, file photo, people camp out on a sidewalk in the Kakaako neighborhood of Honolulu. A Hawaii lawmaker wants to classify homelessness as a medical condition so that people could use Medicaid money for rent payments. As a doctor, Sen. Josh Green argues that he's constantly treating homeless people in the emergency room where he works. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)
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An agent of the border patrol, observes near the Mexico-US border fence, on the Mexican side, separating the towns of Anapra, Mexico and Sunland Park, New Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump says his administration will be working in partnership in Mexico to improve safety and economic opportunity for both countries and will have "close coordination" with Mexico to address drug smuggling. It will set in motion the construction of his proposed border wall, a key promise from his 2016 campaign. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)
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FILE – This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Ronald Phillips, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter in Akron, Ohio. Magistrate Judge Michael Merz in Dayton, Ohio, declared Ohio's new three-drug lethal injection process unconstitutional on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, and delayed three executions, including the execution of Phillips that had been scheduled Feb. 15, 2017. (Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Wed., Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, University of California employees, who are also members of the Teamsters Local 210, shout in protest against cuts in their benefits and tuition hikes outside of a University of California Board of Regents meeting in San Francisco. The University of California's governing board plans to vote Thursday on a proposal that would raise tuition for the first time in seven years. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
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Muslim women shout slogans during a rally against President Donald Trump's order cracking down on immigrants living in the U.S. at Washington Square Park in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Immigrants, civil rights supporters, auto union members and immigrant rights advocates participate in a immigrant rights rally at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Participants called on lawmakers to resist possible new immigration regulations that might be proposed by the Trump Administration. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mostafa Amini, secretary of the Islamic Center of New Mexico, speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, where activists denounced President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration. Many U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have been speaking out and preparing lawsuits against executive actions taken by President Donald Trump to build a Mexican border wall and strip funding for immigrant protecting sanctuary cities, as well as anticipated orders to restrict refugees. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Jocelynn Lujan, 6, sitting below, and her sister, Jennifer, 8, above, attend a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, where activists denounced President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration. Many U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have been speaking out and preparing lawsuits against executive actions taken by President Donald Trump to build a Mexican border wall and strip funding for immigrant protecting sanctuary cities, as well as anticipated orders to restrict refugees. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Jessica Rodriguez, left, with her daughters, Jennifer, 8, center and Jocelynn, 6, attend a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, where activists denounced President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration. Many U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have been speaking out and preparing lawsuits against executive actions taken by President Donald Trump to build a Mexican border wall and strip funding for immigrant protecting sanctuary cities, as well as anticipated orders to restrict refugees. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Mostafa Amini, secretary of the Islamic Center of New Mexico, speaks at a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 where activists denounced President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration. Many U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have been speaking out and preparing lawsuits against executive actions taken by President Donald Trump to build a Mexican border wall and strip funding for immigrant protecting sanctuary cities, as well as anticipated orders to restrict refugees. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Jocelynn Lujan, 6, left, and her sister, Jennifer, 8, attend a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, where activists denounced President Donald Trump's executive actions on immigration. Many U.S. Muslim and Latino advocates have been speaking out and preparing lawsuits against executive actions taken by President Donald Trump to build a Mexican border wall and strip funding for immigrant protecting sanctuary cities, as well as anticipated orders to restrict refugees. (AP Photo/Russell Contreras)
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Sen. David Sanders sits at his desk ahead of a session Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, at the State Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Senators gave final approval to a bill that would restrict a common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Republican from Little Rock said the bill was humane and would "move us to a more compassionate society." (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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FILE - This May 21, 2016 file photo shows actress Taraneh Alidoosti during a photo call for the film "Forushande" (The Salesman) at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-nominated “The Salesman,” says she won’t attend the Academy Awards in protest of President Donald Trump’s immigration plans. Alidoosti called plans for a visa ban of Iranians “racist” in a message posted Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, on Twitter. “The Salesman,” directed by Asghar Farhadi, was nominated for best foreign language film. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 1942 file photo, Luciano Sabella, for 54 years in the Fisherman Wharf colony at his sea food establishment in San Francisco, where he is now barred under orders of the U.S. Attorney General, restricting Italian aliens from waterfront areas of San Francisco. His wife and 12 children, one of whom serves in the Army, are all citizens, but Sabella never obtained his final citizenship papers. An estimated 1,400 Italians are effected by the ban. Immigration to the U.S. has come in swells and dips over the past two-plus centuries, driven by shifts in U.S. policy, the mood in the country and world events. Labor shortages, racial tension, economic forces, religious prejudice and national security concerns all fit into the picture. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this 1951 file photo, deported migrant farm workers carrying their belongings at a train station in Chicago. Immigration to the U.S. has come in swells and dips over the past two-plus centuries, driven by shifts in U.S. policy, the mood in the country and world events.Labor shortages, racial tension, economic forces, religious prejudice and national security concerns all fit into the picture. (AP Photo/File)
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FILE--In this is a 1924 file photo, the registry room at Ellis Island in New York harbor. Immigration to the U.S has come in swells and dips over the past two-plus centuries, driven by shifts in U.S. policy, the mood in the country and world events. Labor shortages, racial tension, economic forces, religious prejudice and national security concerns all fit into the picture. (AP Photo/file)
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FILE - In this Dec. 29, 1965 file photo, passengers disembark from the Polish ship M.S. Batory, the first immigrant ship to dock in Boston in 20 years, as others wait for clearance on the deck. Some 450 immigrants from Iron Curtain countries and 200 tourists were aboard the vessel when it docked Dec. 29, 1965. Most of the immigrants are bound for Detroit and Chicago. Immigration to the U.S. has come in swells and dips over the past two-plus centuries, driven by shifts in U.S. policy, the mood in the country and world events. Labor shortages, racial tension, economic forces, religious prejudice and national security concerns all fit into the picture. (AP Photo/Bill Chaplis, File)
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In this Jan. 25, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump signs an executive order for border security and immigration enforcement improvements at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington. Immigration to the United States has come in swells and dips over the past two-plus centuries, driven by shifts in U.S. policy, the mood in the country and world events. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Protesters including Jasper Cliff, at center, outside of the Mathematics building during the Milo Yiannopoulos speech at the University of Colorado campus in Boulder, Colo., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. Yiannopoulos is an editor at the alt-right website Breitbart News. The alt-right is an offshoot of conservatism mixing racism, white nationalism and populism. (Jeremy Papasso/Daily Camera via AP)
