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Immigrants seeking asylum Natalia Oliveira da Silva and her daughter, Sara, 5, hug as they wait at a Catholic Charities facility, Monday, July 23, 2018, in San Antonio. Since their separation in late May, the girl had been at a shelter for immigrant minors in Chicago, while Oliveira was taken to various facilities across Texas. As the government faces a fast-approaching Thursday deadline to reunite hundreds of families, it is shifting the responsibility for their well-being to faith-based groups primarily in Texas and Arizona. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows 53 percent of Americans support a national health care plan. Still, 47 percent said they would be able to keep their current health insurance arrangement under single-payer, which would probably not be the case.
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Illustration on the benefits of Trump's confrontation on Russia by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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A recent friendly arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. A major Gallup poll is now gauging "migrant acceptance" in 140 nations, including the U.S. Iceland tops the list at the most accepting. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the pressures against the middle class by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Police in Burien, Washington, are investigating a possible hate crime after their first Latino mayor, Jimmy Matta, was allegedly attacked and berated for his immigration policies. (Q13 Fox)
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Illustration on illegal immigrant voting by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Property Rights Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined at right by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **
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LGBT community members block a highway during a protest against a surrogate bill in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, July 22, 2018. Israel's LGBT community holds a national strike Sunday after the parliament passed a law last week easing surrogate regulations but excluding gay couples having a child using a surrogate. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
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Image courtesy of the National Human Genome Research Institute, a federal agency within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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People hold posters reading from left "Pension reform is a funeral in life, Stop robbing people" during a protest against the government's plans to raise the retirement age, in front of the Russian State Duma, the Lower House of the Russian Parliament in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, July 19, 2018. The State Duma is voting on the bill Thursday, which would raise the age at which retirees can receive state pensions from 60 to 65 for men, and from 55 to 63 for women. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
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New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio speaks during a news conference announcing a proposed ordinance to provide low income residents with access to free legal representation in landlord-tenant disputes, Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) **FILE**
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Protesters associated with the group Defend Boyle Heights crashed the grand opening of a kosher cafe in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles last week after the owner's apparent support of President Trump's immigration policies came to light. (Facebook Live video screengrab/@Defend Boyle Heights)
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"Texas has chosen to respect unborn life by adopting rules requiring the dignified treatment of fetal remains," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. "At the trial, we'll demonstrate that the rules are constitutional and do not impact the abortion procedure or the availability of abortion in Texas." (Associated Press)
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CORRECTS THAT BILL WAS PROVISIONALLY PASSED TUESDAY WITH FINAL VOTE ON WEDNESDAY - Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, holds a sonogram showing his unborn son during final remarks before a provisonal vote on HB 2, an abortion bill,Tuesday, July 9, 2013, in Austin, Texas. A final, formal vote is scheduled for Wednesday. The bill, which passed, would require doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, only allow abortions in surgical centers, dictate when abortion pills are taken and ban abortions after 20 weeks. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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"Our message is clear: the Trump Administration's actions are illegal and morally bankrupt," New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a release. (Associated Press)
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Thousands of people take part in the ``Free the People Immigration March,'' to protest actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration, in Los Angeles Sunday, Feb. 18, 2017. March and rally organizers are calling for an end to ICE raids and deportations, minority killings by police and that health care be provided for documented and undocumented individuals. Immigrant, faith, labor and community groups are expected to attend, calling for sanctuary to be given to immigrants.. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
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Kavanaugh Commitment to Catholic Charities Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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This undated photo provided by the Calixto family shows Lucas Calixto. The U.S. Army has moved in recent weeks to discharge some immigrant recruits and reservists who enlisted through a program that promised them a path to citizenship. Calixto filed a lawsuit in Washington, D.C., last week alleging the Defense Department had discharged him without giving him a chance to defend himself or appeal. He said he was given no specific grounds other than "personnel security." (Courtesy of the Calixto Family via AP)
