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FILE - In this Feb. 16, 2017, file photo Delilah Gutierrez, 10, holds a sign during a protest against President Donald Trump's efforts to crack down on immigration. in San Francisco. The state legislature is debating more than a dozen bills, sponsored by Democrats, to resist Trump's immigration agenda, particularly his promises to increase deportations and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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In a June 15, 2017 photo, Kevin Fantroy, 62, stands on his porch in Hamtramck, Mich. He and dozens of other black residents are challenging higher property tax bills. They say the higher taxes violate a settlement in a decades-old lawsuit over housing discrimination against blacks. (AP Photo/Ed White
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, Casey, a cat with feline immunodeficiency virus, pauses during a snack at the New Hampshire Humane Society shelter in Laconia, N.H. Current law prohibits shelters in the state from transferring pets with contagious illnesses, including cats with FIV, but a provision in the proposed state budget seeks to allow such adoptions. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017 photo, a cat named Casey licks his chops while being held by Lissa Mascio at the at the New Hampshire Humane Society shelter in Laconia, N.H. Mascio, the shelter's development director, and other officials have been urging the state legislature to allow adoptions of cats with feline immunodeficiency virus. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)
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In this October 2016 photo provided by Lin Repola, Victoria Bianchi, left, commemorates the adoption that made her officially the third parent of daughter Madison Bonner-Bianchi, second from left, at Marin County Superior Court, San Rafael, California. With them are, from left, Kim Bonner, Marin County Superior Court Judge Verna A. Adams, and Mark Shumway. Bianchi, Bonner and Shumway have all been part of their daughter’s life since her birth in 2000, but the adoption came only after a 2013 California law declared that a child can have more than two parents. (Lin Repola via AP)
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In a Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, Sam Hunt, left, and his partner Darren Greenblatt pose for The Associated Press in their home in Princeton, N.J. The couple has a 7-year-old daughter with her biological mother, but things have not been easy, as the couple and the mother have fought over custody. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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In a Monday, May 29, 2017 photo, Sam Hunt, left, and his partner Darren Greenblatt pose for The Associated Press in their daughter's bedroom in their home. The couple has a 7-year-old daughter with her biological mother, but things have not been easy, as the couple and the mother have fought over custody. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Bill Cosby listens to his wife Camille's statement being read aloud by Ebonee M. Benson outside the Montgomery County Courthouse after a mistrial in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Lawyer Dolores Troiani, who represented accuser Andrea Constand, walks outside the Montgomery County Courthouse after Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial, Saturday, June 17, 2017, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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District Attorney Kevin Steele holds a news conference after a mistrial in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Judge Steven O'Neill leaves the courtroom following his decision in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Members of samba schools pray as they stand in the Sambadrome during a protest against mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. Crivella has decided to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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A small group of samba school members pray in the Sambadrome during a protest against Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella in Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Samba school members sing as they march toward the Sambadrome during a protest against mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The samba schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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A samba school member sings in front the City Hall during a protest against Mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The samba schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Samba school members wave a giant flag as they march toward the Sambadrome during a protest against mayor Marcelo Crivella in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 17, 2017. The samba schools are protesting the decision by Crivella to cut carnival funding in half for the 2018 Carnival parade. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Bill Cosby, center, gestures while exiting the Montgomery County Courthouse with his publicist Andrew Wyatt, second from left, after a mistrial was declared in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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Bill Cosby, center, gestures while exiting the Montgomery County Courthouse with his publicist Andrew Wyatt, second from left, after a mistrial was declared in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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One of Bill Cosby's accuser's reacts at the Montgomery County Courthouse after a mistrial the Bill Cosby sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (Ed Hille/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool)
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Bill Cosby exits the Montgomery County Courthouse after a mistrial in his sexual assault case in Norristown, Pa., Saturday, June 17, 2017. Cosby's trial ended without a verdict after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
