Social Issues

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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In this Tuesday, May 23, 2017 photo, construction continues on new buildings in Vineyard City, Utah. The once tiny town of Vineyard in Utah County has exploded in the past two years from 600 residents to a population of nearly 4,000, making it the fastest growing city in the state last year according to new U.S. Census estimates, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. (Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

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Illustration on the federal government's sad history regarding the hiring of veterans by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this April 13, 2017, file photo, New York Mets' Yoenis Cespedes hits a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins in Miami. Mets general manager Sandy Alderson says the team hopes Cespedes will be ready to come off the disabled list in a week to 10 days, perhaps in time to be the designated hitter during a two-game series at Texas that begins June 6. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

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Protester is arrested after blocking Las Vegas Boulevard in front of The Venetian in protest of the death of Tashii Brown in Las Vegas, Monday, May 29, 2017. Authorities say 10 people were arrested after fighting erupted during a weekend protest on the Las Vegas Strip amid calls for a white police officer to face criminal charges in the death of a black man in custody. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Protesters block Las Vegas Boulevard in front of The Venetian to protest the officer involved death of Tashii Brown, Las Vegas, Monday, May 29, 2017. Authorities say 10 people were arrested after fighting erupted during a weekend protest on the Las Vegas Strip amid calls for a white police officer to face criminal charges in the death of a black man in custody. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

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Former CIA Director John O. Brennan testified before the House Intelligence Committee Russia Investigation Task Force. (Associated Press)

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Demonstrators march in the Texas Capitol on Monday, May 29, 2017, protesting the state's newly passed anti-sanctuary cities bill in Austin, Texas. Opponents call Texas' anti-sanctuary cities law a "show your papers" law since it empowers police to inquire about peoples' immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. (AP Photo/Meredith Hoffman)

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Rosario, right, and Marichuy, second from right in the back, demonstrate with family against a new Texas immigration law on Monday, May 29, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Opponents call Texas' anti-sanctuary cities law a "show your papers" law since it empowers police to inquire about peoples' immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. (AP Photo/Meredith Hoffman)

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In this May 13, 2017 photo, Evah Peard, from left, Spencer Hymas, Kellin Peard, and Amos Wardle pose for a photo after arriving to the LGBTQ Prom, in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)

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In this May 13, 2017 photo, Kathryn Sorenson, left, and Rose Greer, right, detangle lights, while setting up for the LGBTQ Prom at Herm's Inn in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)

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In this May 13, 2017, file photo, volunteer Rachel Hager, center, helps set up for the LGBTQ Prom, at Herm's Inn in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)

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In this May 13, 2017 photo, volunteers Liz Berke, right, and Harriett Kee, left, get decorations ready for a LGBTQ Prom at Herm's Inn in Logan, Utah. A first-ever prom for gay, lesbian and transgender students was held recently in Logan in an attempt to provide an event for students who might not have felt comfortable attending traditional proms at their high schools, the Standard-Examiner reported. (Sarah Welliver/Standard-Examiner via AP)

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This February 2011 photo shows U.S. attorney Steven H. Cook of Maryville, Tenn. Cook, a zealous prosecutor who played a key role in writing the Justice Department’s new policy encouraging harsher punishments for criminals, is now turning his attention to hate crimes, marijuana and the ways law enforcement seizes suspects’ cash and property. Cook’s hardline views on criminal justice were fortified as a cop on the streets of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the late 1970s and early ‘80s. (Robert WIlson/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)

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FILE - In this April 26, 2017, file photo, students gather in the Rotunda at the Texas Capitol to oppose SB4, an anti-"sanctuary cities" bill that already cleared the Texas Senate and seeks to jail sheriffs and other officials who refuse to help enforce federal immigration law, as the Texas House prepares to debate the bill in Austin, Texas. Immigrant activists who lived under a now-overturned anti-“sanctuary cities” law in Arizona that empowered police to inquire about peoples’ immigration status during routine interactions like traffic stops are visiting Texas to offer tips on how to cope with similar restrictions the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature recently approved. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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In this Feb. 28, 2017, file photo, Georgia Cordova of El Paso, Texas, center, joins other protesters as they take part in a No Ban, No Wall rally to support the rights of immigrants and oppose a border wall and support sanctuary cities at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)