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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., pauses while speaking to members of the media at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Central American migrants wait for subway cars as they resume their journey north after leaving the temporary shelter at the Jesus Martinez stadium, in Mexico City, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. Thousands of Central American migrants were back on the move toward the U.S. border Saturday, after dedicated Mexico City metro trains whisked them to the outskirts of the capital and drivers began offering rides north. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Members of Spanish Civil Guard with the help of a helicopter look for bodies of drowned migrants near the village of Canos de Meca in southern Spain, Tuesday, Nov. 6 2018. Spain's maritime rescue service says at least 17 people have died trying to reach Spanish territory in boats departing from North Africa but rescued 80 people Monday from two boats and recovered the bodies of 13 dead migrants in the Alboran Sea, part of the western Mediterranean route into Europe. In a separate incident, the Spanish Civil Guard says it found four bodies of migrants and 22 survivors, all men from northern Africa, after their wooden dinghy hit a reef. (AP Photo/Javier Fergo)
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Alcides Padilla, from Honduras, wakes up at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Central American migrants on Wednesday continued to straggle in for a rest stop at a Mexico City stadium, where about 4,500 continue to weigh offers to stay in Mexico against the desire of many to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Stop the Illegals in Mexico Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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"Health care was on the ballot, and health care won," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, about the midterm election. (Associated Press)
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The American Conservative Union is taking its message overseas. For the second year in a row, the organization has organized an outreach in Japan — J-CPAC., a strategic offshoot of its influential Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the annual gathering of some 13,000 enthusiasts who reaffirm that conservative values are alive and resilient. (Photo courtesy of American Conservative Union)
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FILE - In this July 26, 2018, file photo, Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp appears during a unity rally, in Peachtree Corners, Ga. Stacey Abrams, the Democrat vying for the governorship of Georgia, is ratcheting up her assertion that Kemp is effectively suppressing minority and women voters, setting up a defining fault line in one of the nation's premier midterm election contests. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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Illustration on drug pricing by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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In this Nov. 12, 2016 photo, reference librarian Sarah Gilmor holds an 1876 copy of the Colorado Constitution which contains an exception under which slavery could be used as punishment for a crime, at the Stephen H. Hart Library & Research Center in Denver. Colorados voters were asked to eliminate an archaic and offensive reference to slavery as a punishment for a crime in the state Constitution. But a week after the vote, the poorly-written amendment is on the cusp of failing, and a lack of clarity from lawmakers may be to blame. (AP Photo/P. Solomon Banda)
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Illustration on ending birthright citizenship by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the problems of birthright citizenship by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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U.S.-bound Central American migrants get on to a truck for a a free ride, as part of a thousands-strong caravan moving through Puebla, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. A big group of Central Americans pushed on toward Mexico City from a coastal state Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., right, smiles as former President Barack Obama speaks to Democratic volunteers during a surprise stop in Fairfax Station, Va., on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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U.S.-bound Central American migrants begin their morning trek with a free ride on a truck as they leave Cordoba, Veracruz state, Mexico, Monday, Nov. 5, 2018. A big group of Central Americans pushed on toward Mexico City from the coastal state of Veracruz Monday, planning to exit a part of the country that has long been treacherous for migrants seeking to get to the United States. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Illustration on the so-called "migrant caravan" by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Members of a US-bound migrant caravan stand on a road after federal police briefly blocked their way outside the town of Arriaga, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields had blocked the caravan from advancing toward the United States, after several thousand of the migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
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Director Michael Moore discusses "angry white men" with comedian Seth Meyers, Nov. 1, 2018. (Image: YouTube, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" screenshot) ** FILE **
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Members of a US-bound migrant caravan board a truck on their way north outside the town of Arriaga, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. Hundreds of Mexican federal officers carrying plastic shields had blocked the caravan from advancing toward the United States, after several thousand of the migrants turned down the chance to apply for refugee status and obtain a Mexican offer of benefits. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)