Social Issues

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Centrist party founder Yair Lapid says, “I want [to be] someone who represents the interests of the Israeli middle class, which … can’t make ends meet.” (Associated Press)

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Christmas stockings with the names of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting hang from a railing near a makeshift memorial near the town Christmas tree in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. In the wake of the shooting, the grieving town is trying to find meaning in Christmas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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** FILE ** Addison Strychalsky, 2, of Newtown, Conn., pets Libby, a golden retriever therapy dog, during a visit from the dogs and their handlers to a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Ana (left) and Agustin Portillo kiss goodbye at the U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico, on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Mrs. Portillo, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives and works in Los Angeles, visits Mr. Portillo in Tijuana twice a month. The federal law that prohibits many illegal immigrants from living in the United States with their citizen spouses has been criticized by President Obama, who proposed an overhaul that would allow some families to stay together. But it's unclear when the new policy will go into effect or how many families it will help. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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Myrna Orozco, 22, of Kansas City, Mo., an illegal immigrant originally from Mexico, wipes away tears on Friday, June 15, 2012, in Washington while watching President Obama announce that the U.S. government will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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**FILE** Shackled Mexican immigrants are directed by a guard for deportation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Harlingen, Texas, on May 25, 2010. (Associated Press)

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in New Jersey take a person into custody on March 28, 2012, during Operation Cross Check III. (Associated Press/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) **FILE**

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** FILE ** This undated image provided by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows an individual smuggled inside the engine compartment discovered at the U.S. border. Five people were indicted on Thursday Feb. 2, 2012, in connection with an alleged human smuggling ring that used non-Spanish-speaking black American drivers to shuttle illegal immigrants from the border in a bid to elude detection, authorities said. (AP Photo/ICE)

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U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agent Sanchez patrols along the Rio Grande River on Wednesday, June 8, 2011, in Penitas, Texas. Between October 2009 and March 2011, the Border Patrol detained at least 2,600 illegal immigrants from India, a dramatic spike, considering apprehensions of Indian border-jumpers had historically hovered between 150 and 300 per year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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** FILE ** Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president and CEO of the National Rifle Association, speaks during a news conference in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in response to the Newtown, Conn., school shooting the week before. The NRA, the nation's largest gun-rights lobby, is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings." (Associated Press)

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Former Rep. Asa Hutchison, Arkansass Republican, gestures as he speaks during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Hutchinson will lead an National Rifle Association program that will develop a model security plan for schools that relies on armed volunteers. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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Protesters react as Indian police officers use a water cannon to disperse them near the India Gate as they protest against the gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus last week, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. The attack last Sunday has sparked days of protests across the country. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das)

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Illinois state Rep. Greg Harris, Chicago Democrat, works at his desk as the lone lawmaker in the House chambers before the beginning of the day's legislative session at the state Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Wednesday, May 30, 2012. Mr. Harris is one of two lawmakers who have said they will call for a vote on gay-marriage legislation in early January. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)