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French gendarmes patrol the beach in Ambleteuse near Calais, northern France, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Land, sea and air patrols are combing the beaches, dunes and frigid, murky coastal waters of northern France in a bid to end an unusual high-risk tactic by migrants, mostly Iranians: trying to sneak across the English Channel in rubber rafts. (AP Photo Michel Spingler)
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In this May 25, 2010 file photo, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent walks down the aisle among shackled Mexican immigrants a boarded a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement charter jet for deportation in the air between Chicago, Il. and Harlingen, Texas. A Homeland Security Department internal watchdog says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could have saved millions of dollars on charter flights carrying deported immigrants to their home countries by not leaving seats empty. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
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A Border Patrol agents talks on the phone in the processing area at a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Donna, Texas. Officials say the site will primarily be used as a temporary site for processing and care of unaccompanied migrant children and families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Vice President Mike Pence and Venezuelan President Juan Guaido meet with Venezuelan migrants Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, in Bogota, Colombia. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
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Vice President Mike Pence talks to members of the press Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 while meeting with Venezuelan migrants in Bogota, Colombia. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
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Canada uses a point-based immigration system, as do many other countries across the globe. On Thursday, President Trump laid out his own vision for a revamped immigration system for the U.S. and he referenced Canada three times in the speech. (Associated Press)
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Citizen Journalists Fighting ISIS Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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These salaried agents are reimagining the home buying and selling experience (sponsored)
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The FDA Takes on CBD Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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"Trump is a racist ..." (Illustration by Henry Payne for Detroit News)
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Central American migrants ride atop a freight train during their journey toward the U.S.-Mexico border, in Ixtepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico, Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The once large caravan of about 3,000 people was essentially broken up by an immigration raid on Monday, as migrants fled into the hills, took refuge at shelters and churches or hopped passing freight trains. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill are intent on having a vote on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal. Their aim is to embarrass Democrats, the GOP is also running a petition drive to force a vote on an abortion bill. (Associated Press)
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Anti-abortion protesters rally near a Planned Parenthood clinic in Philadelphia, Friday, May 10, 2019. The demonstration was spurred by the actions of a Democratic state lawmaker who recorded himself berating an anti-abortion demonstrator at length outside the clinic. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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A new poll from Gallup finds that a majority of voters are unwilling to cast their ballots for a socialist in a presidential race. (Associated Press)
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Hundreds crowd into the Fremont High School auditorium on Tuesday, July 29, 2008, in Fremont, Neb., to attend a public hearing on a plan that would outlaw renting housing to or hiring illegal immigrants in this city of 25,000. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they have identified 256 potentially fraudulent families and confirmed 65 of them as actual cases of fraud. In some cases the adult was a relative but not a parent of the child. In others, the relationship was valid, but the family lied about the child's age. (Associated Press)
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House Minority Whip Steve Scalise said Wednesday that "Democrats would rather harass the president than solve problems." (Associated Press)
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A Chicago Cubs fan makes the "OK" sign during a May 7, 2019, game at Wrigley Field. The organization aid it is investigating the "hand gesture that is associated with racism." (Image: NBC Sports Chicago screenshot)
