Social Issues

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Senior citizens support others’ protests and stage “pranks” of their own in a fight for economic reform in Spain. (Oscar Martinez/Special to The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Tea Party activists protest Sept. 4, 2011, against Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at a Tea Party Express rally in Concord, N.H. (Associated Press)

**FILE** Young immigrants, along with members of local immigrant organizations, line up Aug. 15, 2012, in Phoenix for guidance for a new federal program called Deferred Action that would help them avoid deportation. The nationwide program will allow young immigrants to get work permits but not a path to citizenship. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Illegal immigrant Viridiana Martinez (right) is comforted April 5, 2011, by activist Mohammad Abdollahi as Maj. K.E. Williams (left) of the Atlanta Police Department warns her of arrest unless she moves during a protest for rights for higher education for illegal immigrants in Atlanta. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Cynthia Diaz, 17, quietly holds up a sign Sept. 19, 2012, dedicated to her mother as she joins dozens who rally in front of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, a day after a portion of Arizona's immigration law took effect in Phoenix. Her mother was deported the previous year. Civil rights activists contend the state's law will lead to systematic racial profiling, as the protesters chanted "No papers, no fear." (Associated Press)

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A legal immigrant reads a guide of the conditions needed to apply for the so-called 'DREAMers' Obama program, formally known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights offices in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants scrambled to get papers in order as the U.S. started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a work permit, but not a path to citizenship. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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**FILE** A line of legal immigrants wait outside the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. Hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants scrambled to get papers in order, as the U.S. started accepting applications to allow them to avoid deportation and get a work permit, but not a path to citizenship. President Obama announced the program in June after pressure from Hispanic voters and others who said he hasn't fulfilled a campaign promise to overhaul tangled U.S. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Supporters of health care reform rally March 28, 2012, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Charlene Gomez leads an orientation seminar for illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. Schools and consulates have been flooded with requests for documents since the Obama administration earlier this year said many young illegal immigrants may be eligible for two-year renewable work permits. (Associated Press)

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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center, walks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, second left, and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative to Jordan Andrew Harper, right, during his visit to Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. British Prime Minister David Cameron, visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, said the U.S., Britain and other allies should do more to "shape the opposition" into a coherent force and open channels of communication directly with rebel military commanders. Previously, Britain and the U.S. have acknowledged contacts only with exile groups and political opposition figures inside Syria. (AP Photo)

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Keith Brown is the new women's basketball coach at Georgetown University. (Georgetown University Athletics)

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), left, cheers on Tim Kaine (D), right, as he delivers his victory speech after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), left, Tim Kaine (D), right, and his wife Anne Holton, center, as they get word that President Barack Obama wins reelection during Kaine's victory speech after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Tim Kaine (D) arrives to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)