Social Issues

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In this April 25, 2017, photo, a window looks out from a shelter for sexual exploitation survivors in Manila, Philippines. The arrest of suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Ill., reveals one of the darkest corners of the internet, where pedophiles in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia pay facilitators on the other side of the world to sexually abuse children, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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In this April 25, 2017, photo, beds are seen at a shelter for sexual exploitation survivors outside of Manila, Philippines. The arrest of suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Ill., reveals one of the darkest corners of the internet, where pedophiles in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia pay facilitators on the other side of the world to sexually abuse children, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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In this April 25, 2017, photo, former cybersex victims participate in a study course at a counseling center for sexual exploitation survivors in Manila, Philippines. The arrest of suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Ill., reveals one of the darkest corners of the internet, where pedophiles in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia pay facilitators on the other side of the world to sexually abuse children, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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In this April 25, 2017, photo, Cassie, who was rescued from a cybersex den, walks at a shelter for sexual exploitation survivors in Manila, Philippines. The arrest of suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Ill., reveals one of the darkest corners of the internet, where pedophiles in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia pay facilitators on the other side of the world to sexually abuse children, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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In this April 25, 2017, photo, Cassie wipes a tear as she describes her ordeal at a cybersex den while she stays at a shelter for sexual exploitation survivors in Manila, Philippines. The arrest of suspected child webcam cybersex operator, David Timothy Deakin, from Peoria, Ill., reveals one of the darkest corners of the internet, where pedophiles in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Australia pay facilitators on the other side of the world to sexually abuse children, directing their moves through online livestreaming services. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Ideas are pouring in from across the Senate GOP on how to revise the House's health care bill that passed last week. Thirteen senators, all men, are rewriting the bill. Sen. John Hoven, North Dakota Republican, says Republicans need to offer "robust" enough tax credits for low-income people to afford coverage. (Associated Press photographs)

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Illustration on obstacles to Middle East peace by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

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Maria Duque speaks during a protest outside of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2017. The gathering was to protest a law, which takes effect in September and which critics say is the most anti-immigrant since a 2010 Arizona law, that will allow police officers to ask about the immigration status of anyone they detain, including during routine traffic stops. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law Sunday evening on Facebook Live with no advanced warning. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Gregorio Casar speaks during a protest outside of the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin, Texas, Monday, May 8, 2017. The gathering was to protest Texas' new "sanctuary cities" law, which takes effect in September and which critics say is the most anti-immigrant since a 2010 Arizona law, that will allow police officers to ask about the immigration status of anyone they detain, including during routine traffic stops. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed the law Sunday evening on Facebook Live with no advanced warning. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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Gurmukh Singh arrives for his immigration check-in outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's offices in Santa Ana, Calif. on Monday, May 8, 2017. Singh, a taxi driver originally from India, has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities during a check-in for an 18-year-old deportation order. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

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Gurmukh Singh, accompanied by his wife, talks during a news conference prior to his immigration check-in outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's offices in Santa Ana, Calif. on Monday, May 8, 2017. Singh a taxi driver originally from India has been detained by U.S. immigration authorities during a check-in for an 18-year-old deportation order. (AP Photo/Amy Taxin)

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FILE – In this Jan. 28, 2009, file photo, Harold "Hal" Miller sits in a van as he listens to a homeless man while preparing census forms for homeless people in Camden, N.J. Miller, who helped homeless addicts get drug treatment while working as a program coordinator at a shelter partly funded by rock star Jon Bon Jovi, was scheduled to be sentenced Monday, May 8, 2017, for overseeing a drug ring that sold heroin and crack cocaine, after he pleaded guilty Feb. 1, 2017, to conspiracy and possession with the intent to distribute. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)

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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., ranking member on the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, second from right, accompanied by, from left, Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, subcommittee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 8, 2017, during the subcommittee's hearing: "Russian Interference in the 2016 United States Election." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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FILE - In this Monday, June 27, 2016 file photo, an advocate works in a cubicle at the National Domestic Violence Hotline center's new facility in Austin, Texas. On Monday, May 8, 2017, the nation’s most prominent domestic violence hotline said there has been a sharp increase in calls from abuse victims struggling with issues related to their immigration status. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, after the House pushed through a health care bill, in this Thursday, May 4, 2017, file photo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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In this Tuesday May 2, 2017 photo, Todd Alexander poses at his mobile home in Milton, Vt., that he heats with the help of the Low Income Heating Home Energy Assistance Program. Alexander, who is disabled and living on disability, said the assistance has helped him meet his energy needs and still have money left over to live. Congress overruled a request by President Donald Trump to eliminate the heating assistance program. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring)

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FILE - In this Friday May 5, 2017 file photo, Sophia Donnelly joins others to protest the U.S. House passage of a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, at the south gate of the Capitol in Austin, Texas. On Friday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott spokesman John Wittman said, "Congress’ efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare is a step toward ending the lawless health care regime that failed to live up to its promises and is spiraling to a hasty death." (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

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FILE - In this Friday, May 5, 2017 file photo, demonstrators hold signs to protest Rep. Jackie Walorski's, R-Ind., vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, outside her office in Mishawaka, Ind. The Republican bill would give state governments more authority to loosen coverage requirements for insurers on the individual market. It also provides far less money for Medicaid, which could lead many states to dismantle their coverage expansion for low-income Americans. (Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP)

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FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017 file photo, Gov. Bruce Rauner speaks in the Illinois House chamber in Springfield, Ill. In Illinois, a state that expanded coverage under former President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Rauner says he will push senators to change the Republican efforts to overhaul the ACA, so the impacts are not as dire for his state. (Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP, File)