As the government shutdown nears its fourth week, the White House and Republican lawmakers continue to assert that Democrats are to blame for the standstill because their health care demands would help undocumented immigrants.

Unauthorized immigrants made up just over a quarter of the U.S. immigrant population in 2023, with most having lived in the country for over five years, new analysis released Tuesday showed.

A series of public statements from the Department of Homeland Security during its migrant crackdown in Chicago and across the country has been contradicted or undermined by local officials, a civil rights attorney and a legal filing.