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In this March 2, 2017, photo shows a sign advertising bus trips to California with connections to Mexico, at a shop in the predominantly Latino town of Woodburn, Ore. Federal immigration agents recently detained people in the town. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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This March 2, 2017, photo shows a sign saying "Now Hiring" in front of Brooks Tree Farm near Salem, Ore. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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In this March 2, 2017, photo, Kathy LeCompte, owner of Brooks Tree Farm, shows an I-9 form of Employment Eligibility Verification at her farm near Salem, Ore. Her employees, most of them Latinos, must fill out the form. Farmers, nursery and winery owners and others who depend on immigrant labor are predicting a catastrophe as federal immigration agents focus on stepping up arrests of people who are in America illegally. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky)
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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2016, file photo, an official of the Earthquake and Volcano of the Korea Monitoring Division points at the epicenter of seismic waves in North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea. North Korea often marks significant dates by displaying military capability, and South Korean officials say there's a chance the country will conduct its sixth nuclear test or its maiden test launch of an ICBM around the founding anniversary of its military on Tuesday, April 25. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)
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FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2016 file photo, Earthquake and Volcano of the Korea Meteorological Administration Director General Yun Won-tae stands in front of seismic waves detected in the Korea Meteorological Agency observation posts across the nation in the wake of North Korea's nuclear test in South Korea, in Seoul. North Korea often marks significant dates by displaying military capability, and South Korean officials say there's a chance the country will conduct its sixth nuclear test or its maiden test launch of an ICBM around the founding anniversary of its military on Tuesday, April 25. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)
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New York Fire Department personnel stand outside the scene of a deadly fire Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Queens Village in New York that killed multiple people, including children. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon on a street full of single-family homes in the middle class neighborhood of Queens Village. (Michael Appleton/Office of the Mayor via AP)
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New York Fire Department personnel stand outside the scene of a deadly fire Sunday, April 23, 2017, in Queens Village in New York that killed multiple people, including children. The fire broke out Sunday afternoon on a street full of single-family homes in the middle class neighborhood of Queens Village. (Michael Appleton/Office of the Mayor via AP)
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Columbus Crew midfielder Artur lies on the ground in pain after suffering an injury during the first half of an MLS soccer match, Saturday, April 22, 2017, in Harrison, N.J. Artur left the game. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In this Thursday, April 20, 2017, photo, Ronald Weed of Brooksville, Maine, heads back to his seat after speaking at a hearing about restrictions on prescribing opiates, in Augusta Maine. Weed, who lost a leg in a motor vehicle accident, is among those who suffers from debilitating pain and fear it is getting tougher to get access to enough medicine due to the state's toughest-in-the-nation opioid prescribing laws. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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This image taken from video shows a Naviera Armas ferry after hitting the breakwater at Puerta de la Luz, Gran Canaria, Spain on Friday, April 21, 2017. Thirteen ferry passengers were injured when the boat slammed into a breakwater in a port on the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said Saturday. Manolo Vidal, spokesman for Naviera Armas, the company that owns the ferry, says that a "loss of electrical power" caused the accident as the boat was leaving the Puerta de la Luz on the island of Gran Canaria Friday night. (EMERGCAN via AP)
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This image taken from video shows a Naviera Armas ferry heading towards the breakwater at Puerta de la Luz, Gran Canaria, Spain on Friday, April 21, 2017. Thirteen ferry passengers were injured when the boat slammed into a breakwater in a port on the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said Saturday. Manolo Vidal, spokesman for Naviera Armas, the company that owns the ferry, says that a "loss of electrical power" caused the accident as the boat was leaving the Puerta de la Luz on the island of Gran Canaria Friday night. (EMERGCAN via AP)
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This image taken from video shows a Naviera Armas ferry hitting the breakwater at Puerta de la Luz, Gran Canaria, Spain on Friday, April 21, 2017. Thirteen ferry passengers were injured when the boat slammed into a breakwater in a port on the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said Saturday. Manolo Vidal, spokesman for Naviera Armas, the company that owns the ferry, says that a "loss of electrical power" caused the accident as the boat was leaving the Puerta de la Luz on the island of Gran Canaria Friday night. (EMERGCAN via AP)
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FILE - In this file photo dated Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, a medical worker sprays people being discharged from the Island Clinic Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. The trauma of the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,300, has left many survivors fighting a mental health battle to focus on the present, after witnessing drawn-out deaths and whole communities torn apart. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)
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In this photo taken Saturday, April 1, 2017, Patrick Fallah, president of the National Ebola Survivors Network of Liberia, sits inside his house in Monrovia, Liberia. The trauma of the world’s deadliest Ebola outbreak, which killed more than 11,300, has left many survivors fighting a mental health battle to focus on the present, after witnessing drawn-out deaths and whole communities torn apart. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)
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Police survey the scene at a railroad crossing where a woman was struck by a locomotive in Beaverton, Ore., Thursday, April 20, 2017. An Oregon woman who was distracted by her cellphone is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being struck by the freight train in the Portland, Ore., suburb. (Diana Powe via AP)
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A freight train engine is visible at the scene at a railroad crossing where a woman was struck by the locomotive in Beaverton, Ore., Thursday, April 20, 2017. An Oregon woman who was distracted by her cellphone is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being struck by the freight train in the Portland, Ore., suburb. (Diana Powe via AP)
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People stand outside their office building in the Financial District after a power outage Friday, April 21, 2017, in San Francisco. A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 utility customers, snarling traffic as intersection signals went dark and stopping the famed cable cars for a time. Pacific Gas & Electric crews were assessing the problem and there was no immediate estimate for restoration of electricity. (AP Photo/Janie Har)
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Cable Cars sit idle on California Street during a power outage in San Francisco, Friday, April 21, 2017. A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 utility customers, snarling traffic as intersection signals went dark and stopping the famed cable cars for a time. Pacific Gas & Electric crews were assessing the problem and there was no immediate estimate for restoration of electricity. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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A sign is displayed on the window of Bamboo Asia restaurant during a power outage in San Francisco, Friday, April 21, 2017. A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 utility customers, snarling traffic as intersection signals went dark and stopping the famed cable cars for a time. Pacific Gas & Electric crews were assessing the problem and there was no immediate estimate for restoration of electricity. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
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Motorists and pedestrians cross an intersection during a power outage in San Francisco, Friday, April 21, 2017. A power outage struck a wide area of San Francisco on Friday, blacking out about 90,000 utility customers, snarling traffic as intersection signals went dark and stopping the famed cable cars for a time. Pacific Gas & Electric crews were assessing the problem. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)