Social Issues

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**FILE** An undocumented migrant, who refused to identify himself, clings to the border as he checks on the U.S. Border Patrol from the Mexico side of the United States-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on June 5, 2006. (Associated Press)

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Freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, will be among the congressional Republicans gathering Wednesday at the Capitol for the "Audit the IRS" rally organized by the Tea Party Patriots, who want to keep reminding everyone of the agency's excruciatingly close attention to conservative groups. (Associated Press)

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People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Some of the more than 500 Texas fifth- and sixth-grade students are shown during a red-ribbon rally against drug use at the Capitol in Austin on Oct. 19, 2000. Celebrating national Drug Prevention Month, the event also honors the memory of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, who was murdered by drug dealers in Mexico in 1985. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner is bringing his chamber's agriculture bill to the floor. House and Senate versions end direct payments to farmers in favor of broader crop insurance programs. (Associated Press)

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A friend whose organization provides medical funds for shelter & foster dogs, forwarded me the bio & picture of this little boy who was needing a home quickly; he had been pulled just in time from an animal shelter by the Pepper Foundation. (Credit: World's Ugliest Dog Competition)