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Illegal immigration across the southwest border plummeted in January, compared to December, as the flow of both illegal immigrant families and children traveling alone dried up, according to numbers released by Customs and Border Protection on Monday.

The numbers are still high compared to past years indeed, its the worst January in records dating back to 2012.

But total apprehensions of migrants trying to sneak across the border fell 27 percent on a month-to-month basis, to 31,575. And the number of inadmissible migrants who showed up at the southwests ports of entry fell 28 percent, to 10,899.

Apprehensions are deemed an indicator of the overall flow: The more people caught, the more are believed to be getting through.

The flow always decreases in the deep months of the winter, before picking up again in the spring. Last year Border Patrol apprehensions dropped 36 percent from December to January.

Overall total migration remained at elevated levels, primarily due to family units and unaccompanied children from Central America, Haitian nationals migrating from Brazil, and Cuban nationals, CBP said in releasing the numbers.

CBP continues to maintain a strong security posture through background checks of all individuals encountered and ensures that each person is processed in accordance with U.S. immigration laws and DHS policy, the agency said.

The number of Cubans showing up to demand entry fell from nearly 5,000 in December to just 1,572 in January, as President Obamas new Cuban policy kicked in Jan. 12. Under that policy, those who are caught on U.S. soil are no longer entitled to special treatment.

But the number of Haitians demanding entry ticked up in January, suggesting a renewed flow from that nationality. Tens of thousands of Haitians fled their island country over the last decade, heading to South America. But over the last year theyve started trying to gain a foothold in the U.S., enticed by what they saw as lax enforcement policies.

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Illegal immigration took center stage in the Texas House Wednesday during consideration of a bill to boost pay for low-income foster parents caring for a foster child who is a relative.

State Rep. Mark Keough, R-The Woodlands, proposed an amendment to House Bill 4 that would have prohibited unauthorized immigrants from receiving the pay increase.

Here we are starting off a program right off the bat and paying monies to somebody who is not a documented citizen. I have a hard time with that Keough said.

Several House Democrats pounced, accusing Keough, a former car dealership sales manager, of being racist and a hypocrite for doing business with at least one person in the country illegally, and for putting politics before vulnerable children.

State Rep. Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas, the most vocally opposed to Keoughs proposal, said it was shameful that the House descended into an illegal immigration debate on the first day of real business for the chamber this session.

When we got up this morning, we thought we were going to come here and talk about kids and how were going to protect kids. The debate has now turned into an immigration debate, Anchia said. These kids are innocent. They dont get to pick who their parents are, who their extended family are, who their caregivers are. Theyre just trying to survive.

Byron Cook, a Republican from Corsicana, also was unhappy with Keoughs amendment.

Im pretty heartbroken to be part of this today. We came here to take care of children, children that cant help their circumstance. If we put children first, we wouldnt be obsessive about whos providing the care, Cook said.

After proclaiming that he was not a racist, Keough eventually withdrew his amendment and House members unanimously gave initial approval of the bill.

Under the bill which was filed by Rep. Cindy Burkett, R-Sunnyvale, families that make no more than 300 percent of the federal poverty level or $72,750 for a family of four, according to 2016 federal guidelines could receive about $4,200 per year per child.

The cost to the state would be $32.5 million over the next two years.

Now, such people who take in family foster children are eligible to receive only a one-time payment of up to $1,000 for the oldest child in a sibling group and $495 for each additional child and an annual payment of up to $500 per child for child-related expenses.

Earlier Wednesday, House members also gave initial approval unanimously on House Bill 5, filed by Rep. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls. It would move the Department of Family and Protective Services out from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission so that the department would become its own agency.

Frank said that the move would allow the department to make quicker decisions without wading through administrative red tape.

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is pictured on Capitol Hill in January 2017.(Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images)

WASHINGTONA Missouri widow on Wednesday told lawmakers in terrifying detail how she hid in her attic, scared out of my mind, as her husband was murdered by a Mexican immigrant in the U.S. illegallyadding a powerful personal voice to the heated debate over illegal immigration.

In the 18 months before the senseless murder of my husband, this killer has been in custody on three occasions, yet federal officials failed to detain or deport him, Julie Nordman, of Wentzville, told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee during a hearing on lax immigration enforcement.

Had they just done their jobs and followed the laws, my husband would still be alive, and so would the four other innocent victims he brutally murdered, Nordman told the committee.

After Nordmans gripping testimony, Sen. Claire McCaskill, the top Democrat on the committee, blasted the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, which refused to send anyone to testify at Wednesdays hearing.

Its unfortunate theyre not here today to apologize to you at a minimum, McCaskill, D-Mo., told Nordman, to look at you and say Im sorry and to acknowledge the failures of that agency.

The GOP chairman of the committee, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, promised Nordman that the committee would get answers to her questions about why immigration officials did not take her husbands alleged murderer into custody before he went on his killing spree, despite several arrests by local law enforcement officials.

You have the commitment of this committee ... to get you answers, Johnson said, telling Nordman that her testimony will make a difference.

In a letter responding to McCaskills request for testimony, ICE officials said the acting director, Thomas Homan, had a prior commitment. A spokesman for McCaskill said the senator asked if another ICE official could come in Homans place but were told that no one else was available

Nordmans husband, Randy Nordman, was killed last March at the couples house near New Florence. Prosecutors have charged Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, a Mexicanman who was in the U.S. illegally, with Nordmans murder. Serrano-Vitorino has also been charged with killing four men at his neighbors house in Kansas, the day before he allegedly shot Nordman.

As Nordman recounted at Wednesdays session, Serrano-Vitorino was deported in 2004 but he later reentered the U.S. illegally. In the two years before he killed her husband, Nordman testified, he was arrested three times for driving while intoxicated, for domestic battery, and for driving without a license. She said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials repeatedly failed to act when notified by local law enforcement officials that Serrano-Vitorino was in custody.

In one instance, she said, ICE mistakenly sent the detainer paperwork to the incorrect location, and it never reached the proper authorities.

As a result of that failure, he went on to kill five completely innocent men, Nordman said. Not only has ICE failed us, but our borders have failed us. They are obviously wide open as this man was able to enter, not once, but twice, without being detected.

Nordmans testimony comes as Congress opens a divisive debate over immigration, sparked by President Donald Trumps push to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border and his expanded efforts to deport undocumented immigrants.

Trump maintains hard line on immigration

Trump used his first joint address to Congress on Tuesday night to highlight violent crimes committed by undocumented immigrants. Many Republicans have embraced Trumps hardline immigration rhetoric and policies, whilesome Democratshave accused the president of stirring up fear and hatred toward immigrants.

McCaskill said lawmakers needto fully understand the current failures of the immigration system before passing any new legislation or building Trumps proposed border wall. She seemed wary of a possible crackdown on refugees fleeing violence in Central America.

ICE should prioritize detaining immigrants with a criminal record, McCaskill said, and maybe not the children who are showing up at our border saying 'Please help me'.

Nordman did not offer a specific fix for the crime that tore apart her life.

I want to make sure this doesnt happen to somebody else, she told the committee. I want the laws strengthened or changed ... Thats all.

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President Trump highlighted family members of Americans killed by illegal immigrants during his speech, seeking to make an emotional appeal to build support for stronger border-control measures.

Trump met in the Oval Office ahead of the prime-time address with Jamiel Shaw Sr., whose son was shot by a gang member in Los Angeles in 2008, and Jessica Davis and Susan Oliver, who were married to California police officers killed in the line of duty in 2014. All three were guests in the presidential box in the House chamber, as Trump aimed to make a pointed message about the costs of illegal immigration a week after the Department of Homeland Security rolled out sweeping new enforcement guidelines.

Trump was joined several times on the campaign trail by family members of victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, including so-called angel moms, whose children had been killed. As president, Trump has pledged to raise their profiles, and the new DHS guidelines issued last week included a provision to create a new office to support such victims and their families.

I have ordered the Department of Homeland Security to create an office to serve American victims, Trump said in his speech to Congress. The office is called VOICE - Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special interests.

Trumps spotlight on the victims families has sparked an outcry among those who charge the president is exaggerating the risks to sow public fear to make his proposals more politically expedient. Studies have shown that immigrants, including the estimated 11 million living here illegally, have lower crime rates than the native-born population.

On the campaign trail, Trump said he would seek to quickly deport between 2 million and 3 million immigrants with criminal records. But a study by the Migration Policy Institute found that 820,000 unauthorized immigrants had committed other crimes, including about 300,000 with felony records.

I want you to know - we will never stop fighting for justice, Trump said, addressing his guests. Your loved ones will never be forgotten, we will always honor their memory.

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