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Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, testifying on the fiscal year 2015 budget Tuesday, said that instead of random deportations, the administration is prioritizing on illegal immigrants they think deserve deportation. (Associated Press)
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Demostrators hold signs opposing deportations, during a rally outside the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash., Tuesday, March 11, 2014. A hunger strike at the detention center that started with hundreds of participants is down to five detainees on its fifth day, and they are under medical evaluation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Thomas Soerenes)
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Demonstrators opposing deportations hold up signs while chanting in English and Spanish outside of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Wash. Tuesday, March 11, 2014. A hunger strike at the detention center that started with hundreds of participants is down to five detainees on its fifth day, and they are under medical evaluation, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Tuesday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Thomas Soerenes)
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Daniela Gil, 6, cries Tuesday March 11, 2014 as a bus is moved at the privately-run Tacoma Northwest Detention Center which houses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. Daniela and her family believed her dad, Guillermo Gil was aboard the bus to be deported to Mexico. Guillermo Gil lived in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant for 20 years before being detained in October of 2013. A group of detainees in the facility are on the fifth day of a hunger strike. Family members and supporters have been gathering outside the facility to call for immigration reform and better treatment of the detainees. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
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Sergio Gil, 9, pushes the call button at the privately-run Tacoma Northwest Detention Center Tuesday March 11, 2014 which houses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. A group of detainees in the facility are on the fifth day of a hunger strike. Family members and supporters have been gathering outside the facility to call for immigration reform and better treatment of the detainees. Gil's uncle Sergio Gil is detained in the facility, waiting to be deported. He has been there since October 2013. Photographed on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
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Members of the Gil family gather Tuesday March 11, 2014 as their uncle and dad, Guillermo Gil, is held in the privately-run Tacoma Northwest Detention Center which houses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. Guillermo Gil lived in the U.S. as an undocumented immigrant for 20 years before being detained in October of 2013, said family members. A group of detainees in the facility are on the fifth day of a hunger strike. Family members and supporters have been gathering outside the facility to call for immigration reform and better treatment of the detainees. Photographed on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
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A bus is moved Tuesday March 11, 2014 at the privately-run Tacoma Northwest Detention Center which houses U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees. A group of detainees in the facility are on the fifth day of a hunger strike. Family members and supporters have been gathering outside the facility to call for immigration reform and better treatment of the detainees. Some in the crowd thought the bus was carrying their family members. (AP Photo/seattlepi.com, Joshua Trujillo)
