Social Issues

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Jorge Baron, executive director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, speaks with reporters outside United States District Court in Seattle on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, after a federal judge ruled in favor of his organization's claims against the U.S. Justice Department. Judge Richard Jones said the DOJ's demand that the group stop providing certain legal assistance to immigrants unless it undertakes formal representation of them in court violates its rights. (AP Photo/Gene Johnson)

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Rich Livingston, the volunteer state president with the American Associated of Retired Persons, voices his opposition to proposed changes to the state's Medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. The state estimates its plan to create work requirements for Medicaid would result in less coverage and higher costs. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Judy Newell of Portland, Maine, speaks against the proposed changes to the state's Medicaid program during a hearing, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Portland, Maine. Maine and Wisconsin are finalizing waivers to make significant changes to Medicaid that would make the program more like welfare programs, with restrictions to eligibility and enrollment, premiums and cost-sharing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Alan Zavodny, the executive director of NorthStar Services in Columbus, Neb., left, is seen with some of those in care of NorthStar Services, as he speaks to reporters outside the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Senators fell short of the support needed to override Gov. Pete Ricketts' budget veto to restore $32.4 million in funding for groups that serve the elderly and people with developmental disabilities. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Caretakers and their charges from NorthStar Services in Columbus, Neb., left, wait outside the Legislative Chamber in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, May 17, 2017, after senators fell short of the support needed to override Gov. Pete Ricketts' budget veto to restore $32.4 million in funding for groups that serve the elderly and people with developmental disabilities. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. state Sen. Paul Schumacher of Columbus speaks during debate in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Nebraska lawmakers have rejected several attempts to override Gov. Pete Ricketts' budget vetoes, citing concerns about the state's finances despite warnings that the governor's cuts would hurt vulnerable residents. Senators fell short of the support needed to restore $32.4 million in funding for groups that serve the elderly and people with developmental disabilities. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Nebraska state Sen. John Stinner, of Gering, speaks during debate in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Nebraska lawmakers have rejected several attempts to override Gov. Pete Ricketts' budget vetoes, citing concerns about the state's finances despite warnings that the governor's cuts would hurt vulnerable residents. Senators fell short of the support needed to restore $32.4 million in funding for groups that serve the elderly and people with developmental disabilities. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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Neb. state Sen. John Stinner of Gering follows the vote on his veto override proposal, in Lincoln, Neb., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Nebraska lawmakers have rejected several attempts to override Gov. Pete Ricketts' budget vetoes, citing concerns about the state's finances despite warnings that the governor's cuts would hurt vulnerable residents. Senators fell short of the support needed to restore $32.4 million in funding for groups that serve the elderly and people with developmental disabilities. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)

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A man is taken into custody by an FBI agent Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Los Angeles. Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement fanned out across Los Angeles, serving arrest and search warrants as part of a three-year investigation into the violent and brutal street gang MS-13. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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A man is taken into custody by FBI agents Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Los Angeles. Hundreds of federal and local law enforcement fanned out across Los Angeles, serving arrest and search warrants as part of a three-year investigation into the violent and brutal street gang MS-13. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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New Orleans police keep watch over pro-monument protesters and anti-monument protesters Tuesday, May 16, 2017, as the Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is prepared for removal from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. The removal of the statue comes after the city has already taken down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president, and a memorial to a white rebellion against a biracial Reconstruction-era government in the city. (AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld)

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A statue of Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is loaded onto a truck Wednesday, May 17, 2017, after it was removed from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. The removal of the statue comes after the city has already taken down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president, and a memorial to a white rebellion against a biracial Reconstruction-era government in the city. (AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld)

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Pro-monument protesters gather as the Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is removed Tuesday, May 16, 2017, from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. The removal of the statue comes after the city has already taken down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president, and a memorial to a white rebellion against a biracial Reconstruction-era government in the city. (AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld)

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A statue of Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard is removed just after 3 a.m. Central Standard Time Wednesday, May 17, 2017, from the entrance to City Park in New Orleans. The removal of the statue comes after the city has already taken down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy's only president, and a memorial to a white rebellion against a biracial Reconstruction-era government in the city. (AP Photo/Scott Threlkeld)

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Disagreements over immigration may vindicate Geert Wilders, whose party suffered election losses. (Associated Press)

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Illustration of Emmanuel Macron by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

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Peggy Hendrix, left, and Mustafa Mahdi speak out against the death penalty while opponents protest the planned execution of J.W. Ledford Jr. for the 1992 murder of his elderly neighbor at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Atlanta. The execution would be Georgia's first of 2017. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Death penalty opponent Peggy Hendrix protests the planned execution of J.W. Ledford Jr. for the 1992 murder of his elderly neighbor at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Atlanta. Ledford was scheduled to die Tuesday evening at the state prison in Jackson by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Bernadette Naro speaks out against the death penalty while opponents protest the planned execution of J.W. Ledford Jr. for the 1992 murder of his elderly neighbor at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Atlanta. The execution would be Georgia's first of 2017. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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May 16, 2017, Atlanta: Death penalty opponents protest the planned execution of J.W. Ledford for the 1992 murder of his elderly neighbor at the State Capitol on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, in Atlanta. The execution would be Georgia's first of 2017. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)