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“I have reached the conclusion that we must make substantial changes in our detention practices with respect to families with children,” Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson said Wednesday. “In short, once a family has established eligibility for asylum or other relief under our laws, long-term detention is an inefficient use of our resources and should be discontinued.”

In conjunction with the executive amnesty programs President Obama announced last November, the administration also said it was eliminating the highly successful Secure Communities program and putting the Priority Enforcement Program (PEP) in its place.

Statistics from the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review obtained by Fox News reveal that 84 percent of illegal immigrant adults with children released from custody pending trials never showed up and less than 4 percent left the U.S. voluntarily.

“Our goal is to get [Trade Promotion Authority] and [Trade Adjustment Assistance] to the president’s desk this week and deliver this win for the American people,” Boehner said in a statement Tuesday morning.

“Today we are here in a moment of unity in our state, without ill will, to say it’s time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds,” Gov. Haley said at a Monday press conference to cheers.

A growing number of politicians have weighed in on the propriety of South Carolina flying the Confederate flag on its Statehouse grounds following a racially motivated shooting that claimed the lives of nine people in Charleston last week.

“Not one dime of taxpayer funds should be used to fund actions that side step the constitution. This includes leasing buildings for the purposes of supporting his policies that would provide amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants,” John Ratcliffe says.

Gallup reports that while a majority of Americans, 52 percent, still say they have “a great deal” or “quite a lot”of confidence in the police, that level is the lowest the poll has seen since 1993. Gallup attributed the decline in confidence to recent police actions in cities such as Ferguson, Missouri, Staten Island, New York, and North Charleston, South Carolina where black men were killed by white police officers.

If she were still a senator, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she would probably vote against Trade Promotion Authority

“The difference is Mexico’s new Southern Border Program, an initiative that included sending 5,000 federal police to the border with Guatemala and more border and highway checkpoints. Raids on migrants increased and authorities focused on keeping migrants off the northbound freight train known as ‘the Beast,’ on which many have suffered mutilation injuries,” the AP reports.

In a call to prayer, Carson expressed concerns about growth hate and divisions in the country despite the progress.

Speaking to reporters Thursday, Nancy Pelosi said she does not believe the Trade Adjustment Assistance portion of the trade deal will pass.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) expressed confidence at the new strategy to grant President Obama fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals like the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Congress has inched closer to granting President Obama “fast-track” authority to negotiate trade deals like the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The statement came as Republican leadership move forward with a new strategy to pass legislation granting President Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate trade deals.

The decision to split up the bills comes as House Republicans and the White House attempt to figure out a way to pass “fast-track” in the face of diverse opposition. It would require reconsideration in the Senate as well.

As in New York City, Boston’s Public Libraries will soon have “Citizenship Corners” carrying USCIS materials promoting and informing immigrants about citizenship. The city will also offer such information as schools, community centers and city buildings.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement data revealed that from 2010-2014, the Obama administration released 121 convicted criminal immigrants slated for removal who went on to commit murder. Three Republican senators want to know why they were released in the first place.

According to Horowitz, in leadership’s pursuit of Obamatrade, it is betraying conservatives and ignoring a host of important issues.

Despite the lengthy amount of time available to the White House and House Republicans, the task of to coaxing more members to vote yes remains a tall order after it failed 302 – 126, hence the consideration to move the TPA alone.

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved a measure to allow for consideration of ObamaTrade any time through July 30.

National Journal notes that there remain rule dissenters that hold positions of leadership who could be affected as well including Reps. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Mark Meadows (R-NC), and John Fleming (R-LA).

Americans for Limited Government’s Rick Manning is calling on House Republicans to vote against the rule that would allow for consideration of a key portion of Obama’s trade agenda through July 30.

In another example of the shift in immigration priorities, a new Center for Immigration Studies report reveals the Obama administration has “largely abandoned” worksite enforcement.

The vote on the rule is expected to take place Tuesday. Conservative groups have called on Republicans to vote against the rule as a way to further scuttle the Obamatrade effort. TPA would grant Obama “fast-track” authority to negotiate trade deals.

Passage of TAA is necessarily in order to get the controversial Trade Promotion Authority, or “fast-track,” to the president’s desk. After their effort thwarted was last week, House Republicans and the White House are seeking to move TAA before the summer, to get the back that would grant Obama the authority to expedite consideration of trade deals over the finish line.

Last week, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services confirmed to Breitbart News that it would be using the Crystal City facility in Arlington, VA, as an immigration service center and hiring new employees to that end. The multistory facility, set to be named the Potomac Service Center, would be the agency’s fifth service center.

Christopher Bunn is slated to be sentenced Tuesday for his October guilty plea to grand larceny in the third degree for collecting his father, James Bunn’s, pension payments of $7,542 and Social Security benefits of $17,790 after James Bunn’s death.

In a letter to President Obama, McCaul expresses concerns about the heightened threat of infiltration into the process by terrorists.

More than 120 convicted criminals who were supposed to be deported from the U.S. after they were released from custody between 2010-2014 face murder charges, new Immigration and Customs Enforcement data show.

McCarthy said that while there have been no decision made on how to move forward, he estimated that it would need to be completed before “the summer’s out,” reports say. According to Politico, McCarthy did not reveal whether the House would try for a re-do vote on TAA this week.

Friday, the House defeated TAA 126-302, in a striking rebuke to President Obama who had hours earlier met with the Democratic caucus to make the case for fast-track trade authority.

Pelosi took to the House floor to reveal that she would be opposing a the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) bill to “slow down the fast-track,” or Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). The 126-302 vote against TAA, represented a striking defeat for Obama who had visited the Democratic caucus that morning to plea for support.

Senate Republicans are pressing the Obama administration on its newly revealed plans to use a facility initially leased to house employees who would process executive amnesty — currently blocked by a court injunction — as a general immigration service center

Pelosi’s move came hours after Obama made a plea to House Democrats in the Capitol to support the trade effort.

”Obama’s previous lawlessness on a range of issues should not be rewarded with expanded executive authority,” TPP co-founded Jenny Beth Martin said in a statement to Breitbart News. “And there should always be public scrutiny of bills before they are voted upon.”