Social Issues

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Oswaldo Barrientos walks among marijuana plants at the grow facility where he works near downtown Denver on Wednesday, April 3, 2019. He said U.S. immigration officials blocked his application for citizenship because he works in the marijuana industry. Barrientos was brought to the U.S. from El Salvador illegally as a child and started working in the industry in 2014. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert) **FILE**

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Pro-choice advocates asked the high court to strike down a law that mandates that clinics have admitting privileges to hospitals should complications from an abortion arise. (Associated Press)

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About 20 Democratic senators signed a letter this week demanding their leaders hold firm against President Trump's requests for more money for detention beds at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and more wall money. (Associated Press)

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A Kashmiri protester shows Islamic state flag as others clash with Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Government forces fired pellet guns on Kashmiris who gathered after Friday afternoon prayers protesting against Indian rule in the disputed region. (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)

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In this Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, aerial file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine agent looks out along the Rio Grande on the Texas-Mexico border in Rio Grande City, Texas. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said Wednesday, April 4, 2018, that President Donald Trump and border-state governors are working to immediately deploy the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border to fight illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Illustration on the Costa Rican exeption to migrant trends by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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In this Dec. 3, 2014, file picture, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent watches cars as they wait to enter the United States from Tijuana, Mexico, through the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

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Price Controls on Drugs Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Sen. Bernie Sanders discusses third-term abortion during his Fox News town hall event, April 15, 2019. (Image: Fox News screenshot)

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Illustration on Central American aid's relationship to illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Socialists of the World Unite ... (Illustration by Henry Payne for Detroit News)

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Sen. Cory Booker speaks with Margaret Brennan of CBS News' "Face the Nation," April 13, 2019. The New Jersey Democrat says President Trump aims to make the U.S. "less safe" by sending migrants to sanctuary cities. (Image: Twitter, "Face the Nation" video screenshot)

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Bruce Ohr

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Glenn R. Simpson

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Illustration on the controversy over the nature of homosexuality by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Canadian Health Care Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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The Republican Party is trying to rescue the reputation of its $1.5 trillion tax cut bill, which passed in December 2017, ahead of the next tax deadline. According to a poll released this week, just 17% of Americans actually believe their taxes are going to go down. (Associated Press)

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In a nearly 6,000-word essay, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI denounced the collapse of "normative standards regarding sexuality" among other things for the Catholic Church's ongoing sexual abuse crisis. Benedict resigned from the papacy in 2013. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)