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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi discusses the upcoming midterm elections with comedian Stephen Colbert, Oct. 30, 2018. (Image: YouTube, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" screenshot)

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"Allowing the health care coverage gap to persist any longer is not an option," said Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter. His constituents agree — 6 in 10 support Medicaid expansion. (Associated Press)

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Illustration on economic incentives for illegal immigration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on emotion and law in the immigration issue by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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CNN's Alisyn Camerota interviews Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, Oct. 29, 2018. (Image: CNN screenshot)

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Over 29 million Hispanics are eligible to vote says Pew Research. But is the Hispanic vote a given for Democrats? Some analysts say no. (Associated Press)

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This image shows a portion of an archived webpage from the social media website Gab, with a Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 posting by Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect Robert Bowers. HIAS, mentioned in the posting, is a Maryland-based nonprofit group that helps refugees around the world find safety and freedom. (AP Photo)

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Medicare Advantage enrollment (SPONSORED)

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President Trump has often expressed his opinion that English is an important component of assimilation for immigrants. (Associated Press/File)

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Central American migrants making their way to the U.S. cling to the trucks of drivers who offered them free rides, as they arrive to Tapachula, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. Despite Mexican efforts to stop them at the Guatemala-Mexico border, about 5,000 Central American migrants resumed their advance toward the U.S. border Sunday in southern Mexico. Associated Press photo

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Gay bars in Nashville, Tennessee, are complaining about "hate mail" that includes the statue of liberty, guns, beer and the visage of Trump to represent the acronym LGBT. (Image: News Channel 5 Nashville video screenshot)

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Gay bars in Nashville, Tennessee, are complaining about "hate mail" that includes the statue of liberty, guns, beer and the visage of Trump to represent the acronym LGBT. (Image: News Channel 5 Nashville video screenshot)

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Gay bars in Nashville, Tennessee, are complaining about "hate mail" that includes the statue of liberty, guns, beer and the visage of Trump to represent the acronym LGBT. (Image: News Channel 5 Nashville video screenshot)

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Candles arranged in the shape of a cross serve as a simple memorial for a migrant man who died the day before after he fell from the back of a moving vehicle while traveling with a caravan to the U.S., at the central park in Huixtla, Mexico, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. The caravan, estimated to include more than 7,000 people, had advanced but still faced more than 1,000 miles, and likely much further, to the end of the journey. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

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Migrants sit on top of a wall near San Diego earlier this year during a gathering that included people who live on both sides of the border. (Associated Press)

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Vandals on Sunday caused an estimated $10,000 of damage against the Paris Bakery & Cafe in Anchorage after its staff was accused on social media of being racist toward Alaska Natives. (KTVA)

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Illustration on e-solutions to Central American economic problems by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on robot workers by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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In this June 22, 2018, file photo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic lawmakers want Ross to clarify where a citizenship question on the 2020 census originated after newly released documents show he was seeking such a question early in Donald Trump’s presidency. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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A migrant is comforted by a paramedic as the caravan of Central American migrants continues on a quest to reach the U.S. border. (Associated Press)