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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the law firm Public Counsel shows Daniel Ramirez Medina, 23, who was was brought to the U.S. illegally as a child but was protected from deportation by President Barack Obama's administration. In a decision Friday, March 24, 2017, U.S. District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez upheld a decision not to release Medina, saying he should challenge his detention in immigration court. Immigration agents arrested Ramirez Feb. 10 at a suburban apartment complex after they went there to arrest his father, a previously deported felon. (Daniel Ramirez Medina/Public Counsel via AP, File)
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FILE - In this Wednesday, May 20, 2009, file photo, State Rep. Steve Vaillancourt speaks against an amended version of a Gay Marriage bill at the State house in Concord, N.H. Vaillancourt, a 10-term state representative known for his colorful floor speeches, has died, lawmakers said. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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An NYPD counterterrorism officer secures a barricade near Trump Tower in New York Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Donald Trump claimed his place Wednesday as America's 45th president, an astonishing victory for the celebrity businessman and political novice who capitalized on voters' economic anxieties, took advantage of racial tensions and overcame a string of sexual assault allegations on his way to the White House. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
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President Trump's health care bill to repeal and replace Obamacare may have been scrapped, but Mr. Trump says he's serious about working with Democrats on health care legislation. “The president’s willing to listen to these individuals,”said White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2016, file photo, actress Shailene Woodley, left, is led to a transport vehicle by a Morton County Sheriff's deputy after being arrested at a protest against the Dakota Access pipeline near St. Anthony, N.D. Woodley reached a plea deal Friday, March 24, 2017, over her involvement in protests against the oil pipeline that calls for no jail time. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
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Rep. Tim Walz, Minnesota Democrat and member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, questions witnesses from the Department of Veterans Affairs as the panel investigates allegations of gross mismanagement and misconduct at VA hospitals possibly leading to patient deaths on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 28, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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A group of women, some with their daughters, link hands on Westminster bridge in central London in an act of solidarity organised by Women's March London to pay tribute to the victims of the Westminster attack, Sunday March 26, 2017. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)
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In this March 19, 2017 photo, people attend Sunday worship at the William Carey Baptist Church in Havana, Cuba. Churches are working on projects that once would have been forbidden to them, including efforts on HIV-AIDS prevention, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, medicine distribution, training of farm workers and disaster relief.(AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)
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After a loss in his bid to overturn Obamacare, President Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Thomas Price are hoping to move on to a second phase, stripping a provision requiring insurers to pay for mental health and maternity care. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the GOP and the Federal budget by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Humane Society International's Director of Companion Animals and Engagement Kelly O'Meara holds a dog named Walter, who was rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm, as he greets another rescued dog aboard an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Humane Society International/Andrew Kelly via AP)
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A dog rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm gets some affection from David Manko, a volunteer for the Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue Team aboard their animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Humane Society International/Andrew Kelly via AP)
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Two dogs that were rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm nuzzle each other aboard an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Andrew Kelly/Humane Society International via AP)
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A crate holding two puppies rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm are loaded onto an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport by Animal Haven Director of Operations Mantat Wong, left, and volunteer Nicole Smith Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Humane Society International/Andrew Kelly via AP)
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A crate holding two puppies rescued from a South Korean dog meat farm are loaded onto an animal transport vehicle near Kennedy Airport by Animal Haven Director of Operations Mantat Wong, left, and volunteer Nicole Smith Sunday, March 26, 2017, in the Queens borough of New York. The Humane Society International is responsible for saving 46 dogs that would otherwise have been slaughtered. Humane Society officials said the dogs that arrived in New York late Saturday night had awaited death in dirty, dark cages, and were fed barely enough to survive at a farm in Goyang, South Korea. (Andrew Kelly/Humane Society International via AP)
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Protesters gather at Marsivo Field in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 26, 2017, file photo. Thousands of people crowded in St. Petersburg on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, the biggest gathering in a wave of nationwide protests that were the most extensive show of defiance in years. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Dustin Johnson lines up his putt on the seventh hole during semifinal play at the Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin County Club, Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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Bill Haas signals the direction of his drive on the sixth hole during semifinal play at the Dell Technologies Match Play golf tournament at Austin County Club, Sunday, March 26, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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President Trump's travel and refugee order has raised major constitutional questions. Some legal experts say this case will end up before the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Protesters hold a cardboard cutout poster depicting Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at Marsivo Field in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 26, 2017. Thousands of people crowded in St.Petersburg on Sunday for an unsanctioned protest against the Russian government, the biggest gathering in a wave of nationwide protests that were the most extensive show of defiance in years. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
