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Immigration hawks slammed the border security compromise President Trump signed into law Friday for containing last-minute provisions that they argued give "amnesty" to many – but a Department of Homeland Security official insisted to Fox News that’s a misunderstanding of the bill. "This 'deal' provides de facto amnesty for anyone claiming to be even in the household of a potential sponsor of an unaccompanied alien minor," Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, wrote on Twitter Thursday. But a DHS official told Fox News that terms like "potential sponsor" have precise meanings in Department of Homeland Security regulations -- meanings that severely limit the number of people the budget keeps safe from deportation. Further, because the bill only applies to kids who are unaccompanied, it does not provide protection for those bringing kids into the US. That would significantly limit the number of people to whom the no-deportation provision applies. Chris Chmielenski, the deputy director of NumbersUSA, which fights for lower immigration levels and which urged President Trump to veto the budget, told Fox News that the provision is still problematic despite DHS’s clarifications. That’s not a precedent we should be setting.” He noted that, despite the paperwork DHS demands of someone to become a “potential sponsor,” some might still try to game the system and that it could still encourage “unaccompanied” kids to be sent over the border. If those blue municipalities don't agree with DHS, the fence can't get built.” But the DHS official told Fox News on background that the exact language in the budget -- "confer and seek to reach mutual agreement" – nowhere requires the federal government to actually reach an agreement before building fences. “I hope DHS is right, I just think it’s wishful thinking,” he told Fox News. Gorka says the claims of the sky falling are overblown, and also told Fox News that it was silly to call anything in the budget “amnesty” because it’s just an annual budget.

Every election cycle produces a new crop of road warriors as hundreds of reporters across the country pack their bags to cover local, state and national races. Here are their tips for parachuting into major cities, farm country, border towns, wealthy suburbs and more. Jacob Soboroff, MSNBC correspondent Covering the elections requires taking off at a moment’s notice to any part of the country. And he always carries a puffy jacket for planes. Another challenge: packing enough shirts and keeping them ironed. To stay healthy on the road, he tries to eat as many Açaí bowls as possible and drinks juices if he starts feeling sick. “I always keep a colorful scarf in my bag to add some liveliness at the end of a long travel day – and to give an otherwise ordinary travel outfit a more polished finish,” she says. She keeps a sleeping mask in her purse so she can sleep any time she has a change. Because her schedule is so up in the air, she makes sure to have access to vegetables and avoids sugary snacks in order to keep her energy level up. She also carries a thin, flat, foldable purse that her mother gave her that slips over the handle of her suitcase.