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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Junius Williams talks to a reporter about the the Newark riots of 1967 in Newark, N.J. Fifty years ago Williams was a law student at Yale University fighting gentrification in Newark when the riots broke out. As he was driving friends home on the second night of the riots, Williams faced down a police officer wielding a shotgun during a traffic stop. He was spared, he says, when a sergeant diffused the situation by searching Williams’ car for guns. He found only law books. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Junius Williams talks to a reporter about the Newark riots of 1967 in Newark, N.J. Fifty years ago Williams was a law student at Yale University fighting gentrification in Newark when the riots broke out. As he was driving friends home on the second night of the riots, Williams faced down a police officer wielding a shotgun during a traffic stop. He was spared, he says, when a sergeant diffused the situation by searching Williams’ car for guns. He found only law books. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Junius Williams talks to a reporter about the Newark riots of 1967 in Newark, N.J. Fifty years ago Williams was a law student at Yale University fighting gentrification in Newark when the riots broke out. As he was driving friends home on the second night of the riots, Williams faced down a police officer wielding a shotgun during a traffic stop. He was spared, he says, when a sergeant diffused the situation by searching Williams’ car for guns. He found only law books. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka talks to a reporter about the Newark riots fifty years ago, in Newark, N.J. “We are a long way from 1967, but we are even further away from where we need to be to prevent 1967 from happening again,” said Baraka whose father, poet and activist Amiri Baraka, was badly beaten during the riots. “There were a myriad of things that were suggested, and frankly they were ignored. People need to feel like the government and the police are there to protect them and not to prey on them.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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In this June 28, 2017 photo, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka talks to a reporter about the Newark riots fifty years ago, in Newark, N.J. “We are a long way from 1967, but we are even further away from where we need to be to prevent 1967 from happening again,” said Baraka whose father, poet and activist Amiri Baraka, was badly beaten during the riots. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, center, is pushed by refugee caseworker Mohamed Yassin, behind, as he makes his way into an elevator with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, right, leaves a center for refugees with his two sons, as refugee caseworker Mohamed Yassin, left, waits by a van Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, center, is pushed by refugee caseworker Mohamed Yassin, behind, as he makes his way into an elevator with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, left, waits at a center for refugees with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, waits in a hallway at a center for refugees with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, waits at a center for refugees Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, center, waits at a center for refugees with his two sons Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Ali Said, of Somalia, center, leaves a center for refugees with his two sons, as refugee caseworker Mohamed Yassin, right, holds open the door Thursday, July 6, 2017, in San Diego. Said, whose leg was blown off by a grenade, says he feels unbelievably lucky to be among the last refugees allowed into the United States before stricter rules kick in as part of the Trump administration's travel ban. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Dale Brumfield, of Doswell, Va, left, stands along Jack Payden-Travers, of Lynchburg, Va, on the day of the execution of William Morva in Jarrett, Va., Thursday, July 6, 2017. Both said they are opposed to capital punishment. (Shaban Athuman/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, debates with Gary Marsh over health care during a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, answers a question as he holds a town hall meeting, Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Kelly McKinney, 29, of Glasgow, center, holds a megaphone as she chants with other protesters on the sidewalk of the Barren River Plaza shopping center in Glasgow, Ky., Thursday, July 6, 2017. Maureen Davis, 58, of Bowling Green, left, and Denise Zielinski, 66, of Bowling Green, right, chant along with McKinney. They said they were protesting against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell who was speaking at a Glasgow Rotary Club meeting inside the T.J. Health Pavilion Community Center. (Will Perkins/The Daily Times via AP)

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FILE - In this June 9, 2017 file photo, a packed hearing room during a Massachusetts Legislature's Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security public hearing concerning a bill that calls for sharp limits on cooperation between federal immigration officials and state and local law enforcement agencies, at the Statehouse in Boston. The Justice Department on Thursday, July 6, 2017, questioned whether some so-called sanctuary cities responded honestly when asked whether they follow the law on sharing the citizenship status of people in their custody with federal immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)