Social Issues

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**FILE** British singer George Michael performs in concert to raise money for the AIDS charity Sidaction at the Paris Opera's Palais Garnier in Paris on Sept. 9, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Illegal immigrants prepare to enter a bus after being processed at the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson Sector headquarters on Aug. 9, 2012, in Tucson, Ariz. (Associated Press)

An Afghan policeman stands guard at the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday, 8, 2012. Afghan authorities say a suicide bomber has blown himself up near NATO headquarters in Kabul, killing at least 6 people (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)

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Gov. Jan Brewer two years ago signed landmark legislation requiring all Arizona police officers to check the immigration status of people they stop while enforcing other laws and suspect are in the country illegally. The requirement is expected to go into effect in the next several days. (Associated Press)

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Newly-arrived Syrian refugee families receive food from the Jordanian military after they crossed the border from Tal Shehab city in Syria, through the Al Yarmouk River valley, into Thnebeh town, in Ramtha , Jordan, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. More than 100,000 Syrians fled their country in August, the highest monthly total since the crisis began in March 2011, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon)

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Joshua Montano, left, and Francisco Luna protest in front of the Capitol the day after Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in an executive order reaffirming Arizona state law denying young illegal immigrants driver's licenses and other public benefits on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Phoenix. Brewer's order says she's reaffirming the intent of current Arizona law denying taxpayer-funded public benefits and state identification to illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks at a breakfast news briefing Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor)

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FILE - In this June 22, 2012 file photo, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa Sandusky has been recommended for designation as a sexually violent predator, a legal status that would require lifetime registration with authorities, according to a person who has read an assessment board's report to a judge in the case. The recommendation from the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board was disclosed to The Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 by the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the report's confidential nature. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

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Amber Riley, singer/songwriter and "Glee" actress, sings the National anthem before a color guard of Disabled American Veterans of The Stanly County Chapter 12 Honor Guard the Democratic National Convention. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)