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A protester demonstrating against the U.S. immigration policy is arrested after handcuffing himself to the fence in front of the White House on Sept. 18, 2013. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Demonstrators rally in front of the White House in Washington on July 24, 2013, calling for immigration reform. The demonstrators urged President Obama to use executive authority to expand the policy that allowed hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Renee Adams (left) poses with her mother, Irene Salyers, and son, Joseph, 4, at their produce stand in Council, Va., on July 12, 2013. Four out of five U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near poverty or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and a vanishing American Dream amid rising incidences of hardship among whites. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Todd Humphreys, director of the University of Texas’ Radionavagation Laboratory in Austin, Texas, uses an unmanned drone for an experiment. Texas is among seven states to recently pass a law limiting drone use in civilian airspace. (AP Photo/University of Texas)

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Supporters of former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador cheer during a protest against the proposed energy reforms that would allow private companies to explore the country's oil and gas reserves. The proposal requires constitutional changes that strike at the heart of one of Mexico's proudest moments: President Lazaro Cardenas' nationalization of the oil company in 1938.

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** FILE ** Stephanie Denise-Carter, left, a supporter of gay marriages, argues with Pastor Bill Devlin, right, outside the Pennsylvania Judicial Center following the hearing of Montgomery County Clerk Bruce Hanes issuing same-sex marriage licenses Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)