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FILE - In this June 29, 2015, file photo, Supporters of the U.S. Supreme Courts ruling on same-sex marriage gather on the step of the Texas Capitol for a news conference celebrating marriage equality and looking to important work ahead in Austin, Texas. The Texas Supreme Court has reversed its previous ruling and will hear a Houston case that top conservatives hope will let the state limit the impact of 2015's federal legalization of gay marriage. The state's highest civil court announced Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, it was setting arguments for March in a lawsuit seeking to halt same-sex spousal benefits that America's fourth-largest city offers municipal employees. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Correctsions officers arrive for their shift at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, which is set to house inmates from other prisons that could close, Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Camp Hill, Pa. State officials say a 2012 Pennsylvania law contributing to shrinking state inmate ranks is also fueling a growing parolee population. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)
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Cells in a newly cleared wing at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, are shown in this January 2017 file photo. (AP Photo/Marc Levy) **FILE**
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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 2017 - In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, Armando Vazquez-Ramos, lecturer in Chicano studies at California State University who leads a cross-border course, center, poses for a photo with his students in Mexico City. During a class session, Tamara Alcala Dominguez, who is at top left wearing glasses in this photo, heard from other migrants who were brought to the U.S. as children but were not there during DACA and either got deported or left voluntarily. Their stories, and the days spent reuniting with her grandmother, provided the glimpse she needed into what life would be like if deported. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
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ADVANCE FOR TUESDAY, JAN. 24, 2017 - This Dec. 23, 2016 photo shows women making tamales in Molcaxac, Puebla state, Mexico. Folks here say so many working-age residents have migrated to the U.S., the town is mostly populated by the elderly and the very young. The first wave of migration started in 1942 with the bracero program, which allowed Mexicans to temporarily, and legally, work in the United States. After the program ended in 1964, people continued to go north illegally. (AP Photo/Pablo Spencer)
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FILE - This October 2016 file photo provided by the Morton County Sheriff's Department in Mandan, N.D., shows actress Shailene Woodley who was arrested Oct. 10, 2016, during a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. Trial for Woodley has been delayed again. She initially was to stand trial Jan. 25. It was rescheduled for Feb. 22 and now has been moved to March 31. 2017. (Morton County Sheriff's Department via AP, File)
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Federal police guard the entrance to the prison where drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was being held in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The infamous drug kingpin, who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico, was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)
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Soldiers guard the entrance to the prison where drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was held in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Christian Torres)
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An armed officer stands guard moments before a motorcade carrying Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman arrived at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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An official looks on as a New York State Police vehicle, part of a motorcade carrying Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, arrives at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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A vehicle carrying Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman arrives at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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An armed officer stands guard as a vehicle carrying Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman arrives at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In this photo provided U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. The infamous drug kingpin who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in Mexico was extradited at the request of the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges, and landed in New York late Thursday, a federal law enforcement official said. (U.S. law enforcement via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City. Mexico's government said on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, that it has extradited drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the U.S. to face drug trafficking and other charges. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2016 file photo released by Mexico's federal government, Mexico's drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman stands for his prison mug shot with the inmate number 3870 at the Altiplano maximum security federal prison in Almoloya, Mexico. According to Mexico's Foreign Ministry, Guzman was extradited to the United States on Thursday, Jan. 19 2017. (Mexico's federal government via AP, File)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, photo, Ashley Fischer concentrates on the task at hand while working at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton Township, Pa. The assembly and packaging company provides vocational training to adults with disabilities and employs nearly 600 workers at sites throughout Greater Philadelphia. (Kim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, photo, Deweese White connects nuts and bolts as part of his job on the assembly line at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton Township, Pa. The assembly and packaging company provides vocational training to adults with disabilities and employs nearly 600 workers at sites throughout Greater Philadelphia. (Kim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, photo, Matthew Thibodeau, left, and Anthony RIccardi help put together nuts and bolts as part of their assembly line job at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton Township, Pa. The assembly and packaging company provides vocational training to adults with disabilities and employs nearly 600 workers at sites throughout Greater Philadelphia. (Kim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, photo, Angelica "Helen" Cabrera gets assistance getting ready for her job packing almonds at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton Township, Pa. The company employs nearly 600 disabled adults to do packaging and assembly line work. (Kim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, photo, Abagail Anderson concentrates on the task at hand as she packs fish food at Associated Production Services Inc. in Lower Southampton Township, Pa. The assembly and packaging company employs nearly 600 disabled workers at sites throughout Greater Philadelphia. (Kim Weimer/Bucks County Courier Times via AP)
