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Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting fewer illegal immigrants this fiscal year, but a larger percentage of them have no criminal records. The numbers suggest that the Obama administration is struggling to meet its stated goals. (ICE via Associated Press)**FILE**
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"Manhattan Madam" Kristin Davis is running for comptroller of New York City against one of her former clients — Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor who resigned after his involvement with prostitutes became public. (Kristin Davis)
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**FILE** John Hill (right), chairman of the Forum For Equality in Louisiana, waves a rainbow flag at a celebration rally in Jackson Square in New Orleans on June 26, 2013, after two Supreme Court decisions supporting gay rights were handed down. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** From left: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, and Vice President Joseph R. Biden participate in a ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 19, 2013. (Associated Press)
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Chicago police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy speaks during a news conference on Monday, July 8, 2013, in Chicago. Superintendent McCarthy announced a series of changes to the department's community policing program, including using social media and smartphones to help them fight crime. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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This 2013 family photo provided by Lindsey DeFilipi shows Ava Machado (left) with her mother Shauna Hadden, of Agawam, Mass. Hadden says she and her 6-year-old daughter are stranded in Brazil after police seized their passports because of a custody battle with the child’s father. (Associated Press)
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Children take an oath of citizenship during a ceremony at the old school house in Old Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday. Today's children become tomorrow's workers and future retirees. Most Americans end up getting more back in benefits than they pay into the entitlement system, meaning the immigrants being added now could become liabilities later on. (Associated Press)
