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ASSOCIATED PRESS Audience members listen to President Obama speak about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday. The audience booed when Mr. Obama said his administration is just a few miles shy of completing hundreds of miles of border fencing - something he backed when he was in the Senate.
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A Mexican flag flutters in the distance Tuesday as the motorcade of President Obama heads toward the Bridge of America Cargo Facility in El Paso, Texas, during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border to speak about immigration reform. Mexico also had a giant flag at the border to remind Americans of the country's sovereignty. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Ravinder Gehlaut and wife Shilpa Kadiyan in June 2010 sit in a relative's house in Sultanpur Dabas village on the outskirts of New Delhi, where they were forced to flee for their lives. The reason: The caste councils that enforce medieval kinship rules judged the marriage sinful because the couple belong to the same thousands-strong clan. Top court
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**FILE** President Obama speaks May 10, 2011, about immigration reform at Chamizal National Memorial Park in El Paso, Texas, during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border. (Associated Press)
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A Mexican flag is seen as the motorcade of President Barack Obama travels towards the Bridge of America Cargo Facility in El Paso, Texas, Tuesday, May 10, 2011, during his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border to speak about immigration reform. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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President Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington's Maryland suburbs on Tuesday, May 10, 2011, as he travels to the U.S.-Mexico border at El Paso, Texas, to speak about immigration reform. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Supporters of President Obama's health care policies — (from left) Ron Pollack, Larry Kim, Dell Erwin, Ray Scher and Kevin Wilson — hold a rally in front of federal court in Richmond on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing two cases challenging the federal health care reform act. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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Migrants receive assistance as they arrive on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa early on Sunday, May 8, 2011. Italian police and coast guard officials rescued some 400 migrants from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near the port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said. Tens of thousands have fled unrest in North Africa since January, most arriving at Lampedusa, the nearest Italian port to Africa. (AP Photo/Francesco Malavolta)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to sign a bill Tuesday that would make in-state college tuition available to many illegal immigrants. A federal version of the bill failed last year in Congress.
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Migrants arrive Sunday on the tiny island of Lampedusa, Italy. Italian police and coast guard officials on Sunday rescued some 400 illegal migrants coming from Libya whose boat was tossed against rocks near port in southern Italy after the steering malfunctioned, officials said. (Associated Press)
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum, Pennsylvania Republican, is participating in candidates forums in New Hampshire as another presidential hopeful. He is among the favorites of social-issues conservatives.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, Maine Republican, likely will face re-election challenges for working with Democrats. But she can make key alliances with tea party activists and point to her record for fiscal conservatism.
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Conservative activists are pressing Senate Republican leaders to tap Sen. Jim DeMint for an open seat on the Finance Committee. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida chairs the Democratic National Committee. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, accuses the Obama administration of having "cooked the books" for two years regarding U.S. border security facts.
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Syrian men carry bread loaves during a protest against President Bashar Assad's regime in the coastal town of Banias, Syria, on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, in this image taken by a citizen journalist with a cellphone camera. (AP Photo)
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** FILE ** William Melchert-Dinkel (center) leaves the Rice County Courthouse in Faribault, Minn., with his attorney, Terry Watkins (right), and his wife, Joyce Melchert-Dinkel, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, after waiving his right to a jury trial on charges of aiding two suicides. (AP Photo/Robb Long, File)
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** FILE ** William Melchert-Dinkel (center) leaves the Rice County Courthouse in Faribault, Minn., with his attorney, Terry Watkins (right), and his wife, Joyce Melchert-Dinkel, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, after waiving his right to a jury trial on charges of aiding two suicides. (AP Photo/Robb Long, File)
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SCAVENGERS: Pakistani youngsters collect pieces thought to be from a U.S. helicopter in a wheat field outside Osama bin Laden's hide-out in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Tuesday. The U.S. said the strike team disabled the helicopter after the raid. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Residents of Abbottabad, Pakistan, gather Tuesday outside the house where where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed two days earlier. They showed off small parts of what appeared to be parts from U.S. helicopter that Washington said malfunctioned and was disabled by the American commando strike team as they retreated.
