Social Issues

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** FILE ** Charles Balogh, from Alexandria, Va., demonstrates April 25, 2012, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington as the court holds a hearing on Arizona's "show me your papers" immigration law. (Associated Press)

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Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Secret Service prostitution scandal that has embarrassed the White House and overshadowed the president's visit to a Latin American summit. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Former Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's controversial immigration law S.B. 1070, left, accompanied by former Arizona Sen. Dennis DeConcini, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 24, 2012, before the Senate Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee hearing titled "Examining the Constitutionality and Prudence of State and Local Governments Enforcing Immigration Law." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Sebastian Ponce, 35, from La Ceiba, Honduras, has stopped at the migrant shelter run by the Catholic Church in Tultitlan, Mexico while on his journey to get back into the United States. "In Honduras, there's no work," he says. (Keith Dannemiller/Special to The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** In this June 1, 2011 photo, House Budget Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, is seen outside the White House in Washington. House Republicans follow up their frugal — but nonbinding — tea party budget with less stringent cuts. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. ** FILE **

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**FILE** Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies Feb. 2, 2012, on Capitol Hill before the House Budget Committee. (Associated Press)

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Thousands of ethnic caterers from Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani, Chinese and Turkish communities gathered in Trafalgar Square in London to demonstrate against new immigration policies issued by the British Border and Immigration Agency which have thrown the British ethnic restaurant industry into crisis, Sunday, April 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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American Airlines flight attendants protest at San Francisco International Airport on Monday. The airline wants to eliminate 13,000 union jobs, freeze or terminate pension plans, curb health benefits, reduce time off, and impose many other cuts. American lost more than $10 billion in the decade leading up to its declaration of bankruptcy in November. (Associated Press)

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Booming oil production in the Northern Plains is drawing workers in search of jobs, but the increase in crime that has come with it — ranging from drug trafficking and gun offenses to prostitution — is a challenge for law enforcement in the U.S. and Canada. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Actor Sean Penn (left) was in Haiti helping the displaced find shelter shortly after the massive 2010 earthquake that destroyed much of the country. He since has become a major figure in the effort to rebuild. Among his contributions is a clinic for women (above) at the Petionville Golf Club in Port-au-Prince set up by Mr. Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization.

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Mr. Penn, with Haitian President Michel Martelly, was named ambassador-at-large for Haiti in recognition of his humanitarian work since the earthquake. "My job is to help people get the future they want to have," Mr. Penn says.

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The re-election of longtime incumbent Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (right) this year is not a foregone conclusion thanks to a redistricting that moved a chunk of Montgomery County and its Democratic voters into the 6th District. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The Washington Times)

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"This is a question of values. We cannot let America become a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of people struggle to get by," said President Obama. (Associated Press)