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Border Patrol agents apprehended 311 migrants late Monday night as they walked around the end of a pedestrian fence near Sunland Park, New Mexico. The arrests occurred a few hours after President Trump held a wall rally a few miles away in El Paso, Texas. Earlier on Monday, Agents apprehended a group of 330 migrants about 100 miles to the west in Antelope Wells, New Mexico.

The Senate Homeland Security Committee has delayed a vote for the second time on Pres. Trump's nominee to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The President had nominated Ron Vitiello to the post last year, but the Senate Committee delayed the vote because of concerns brought to the Committee by the ICE officers union. Pres. Trump had to nominate Vitiello for a second time because of the new Congress starting last month.

Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), the ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, along with Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) have introduced the Fix the Immigration Loopholes Act in order “to protect minors and asylum seekers, while reducing fraud at the southern border.”

After calling for the "the largest numbers ever" of immigration during his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday, Pres. Trump doubled down on that call on Wednesday. In a gathering with regional reporters, the President said "we need people."

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a motion asking U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen to block implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Last August, Judge Hanen ruled the Obama administration did not have the authority to implement DACA but did not issue an injunction at the time.