Social Issues

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The backlog of applications at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has more than doubled during the 18 months surrounding the election. (The Washington Times/File)

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) section chief Rosio Lombardo, assists Germantown, Md. resident Donatila Leticia Munoz Orantes, confirm her paperwork before she was to the Oath of Allegiance and become a U.S. citizen on her 100th birthday Wednesday during a naturalization ceremony at the Baltimore district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Approximately 30 naturalization candidates took the oath. Four generations of Munoz's family attended the ceremony. (Pete Marovich for the Washington Times)

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) section chief Rosio Lombardo, assists Germantown, Md. resident Donatila Leticia Munoz Orantes, confirm her paperwork before she was to the Oath of Allegiance and become a U.S. citizen on her 100th birthday Wednesday during a naturalization ceremony at the Baltimore district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Approximately 30 naturalization candidates took the oath. Four generations of Munoz's family attended the ceremony. (Pete Marovich for the Washington Times)

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) section chief Rosio Lombardo, assists Germantown, Md. resident Donatila Leticia Munoz Orantes, confirm her paperwork before she was to the Oath of Allegiance and become a U.S. citizen on her 100th birthday Wednesday during a naturalization ceremony at the Baltimore district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Approximately 30 naturalization candidates took the oath. Four generations of Munoz's family attended the ceremony. (Pete Marovich for the Washington Times)

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) section chief Rosio Lombardo, assists Germantown, Md. resident Donatila Leticia Munoz Orantes, confirm her paperwork before she was to the Oath of Allegiance and become a U.S. citizen on her 100th birthday Wednesday during a naturalization ceremony at the Baltimore district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Approximately 30 naturalization candidates took the oath. Four generations of Munoz's family attended the ceremony. (Pete Marovich for the Washington Times)

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Approximately 30 naturalization candidates prepare to take the the Oath of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony at the Baltimore district office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). (Pete Marovich for the Washington Times)

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Sean Murphy, 18, was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. He was among the more than 50 taken into custody Saturday night at a Keith Urban concert in the Boston suburb of Mansfield. (WBZ)

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This Nov. 21, 2013 file photo shows anti abortion protester Mary McLaurin calling out to a patient hidden on the other side of a sign outside the Jackson Women's Health Organization clinic in Jackson, Miss. A federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday, July 29, 2014 that a Mississippi law that would close the state's only abortion clinic is unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)FILE -

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Rep. Greg Walden, Oregon Republican and National Republican Campaign Committee chairman, said he envisions the GOP holding at least 245 seats in the House after November, even the group's Democratic counterpart raised $23 million more this election cycle. (Associated Press)

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Sen. John Cornyn, right, and Rep. Henry Cuellar, both of Texas, introduced the Helping Unaccompanied Minors and Alleviating National Emergency (HUMANE) Act, designed to accelerate the processing of unaccompanied alien children from Central America. (associated press/the monitor)

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displaced: Detainees play while others sleep in a holding cell at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility in Brownsville, Texas. Such installations have handled more than 47,000 unaccompanied alien children. (Associated Press)