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In this March 24, 2014, file photo, actor Danny Masterson arrives at Youth for Human Rights International Celebrity Benefit at Beso Hollywood in Los Angeles. Los Angeles police are investigating after three women reported being sexually assaulted by Masterson in the early 2000s, but the actor denies the allegations, which he says are motivated by the producer of an anti-Scientology television series. An LAPD spokesman confirmed the investigation Friday, March 3, 2017, but declined to provide additional details. (Photo by Annie I. Bang/Invision/AP, File)
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In this Jan. 24, 2012, file photo,actor Danny Masterson poses for a portrait in Park City, Utah. Los Angeles police are investigating after three women reported being sexually assaulted by Masterson in the early 2000s, but the actor denies the allegations, which he says are motivated by the producer of an anti-Scientology television series. A Los Angeles police department spokesman confirmed the investigation Friday, March 3, 2017, but declined to provide additional details. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File)
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House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams, D-Atlanta, watches the votes come in as the House passes a bill Friday, March 3, 2017, in Atlanta. Legislative rules require bills to pass at least one chamber by the end of Friday to stay alive for the year. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Mexican Consul General Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia cuts a ribbon at the opening of a legal Defense Center at the Mexican Consulate General, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Miami. The Mexican government is beefing up its aid to migrants in the U.S. through the creation of 50 legal assistance centers in response to President Donald Trump's measures to curb illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Mexican Consul General Jose Antonio Zabalgoitia talks to reporters as he shows the new offices of the legal Defense Center at the Mexican Consulate General, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Miami. The Mexican government is beefing up its aid to migrants in the U.S. through the creation of 50 legal assistance centers in response to President Donald Trump's measures to curb illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Mexican nationals wait to be seen at the Consulate General of Mexico, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Miami. The Mexican government is beefing up its aid to migrants in the U.S. through the creation of 50 legal assistance centers in response to President Donald Trump's measures to curb illegal immigration. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Illegal immigrant Divina Ciriaco, of Mexico, talks to a reporter, at the Mexican Consulate, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Miami. Ciriaco, who has lived in the U.S. for 20 years and works as a housekeeper, is gathering all the documents she would need for her U.S. born son to go along with her if she is deported. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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FILE - In this April 6, 2016 file photo, a plaque that honors four slaves that were owned by, and worked for Harvard's past presidents, is attached to Wadsworth House on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard is hosting a conference Friday, March 3, 2017, exploring the historical ties between slavery and early universities, including Harvard. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
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FILE - This Sept. 9, 2016 photo shows Harkness Tower on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. Harvard University is taking new steps to confront its past ties to slavery. The Ivy League school is hosting a conference Friday, March 3, 2017, exploring the historical ties between slavery and early universities, including Harvard. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz, File)
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Patricia Ice, an attorney with the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance, left, hands out flyers to Jordan Sanders of Vicksburg, that call for the freeing of 22-year old Daniela Vargas, a Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven years old, following a brief rally on her behalf, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017, Vargas was detained, March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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A sticky note, calls for freeing 22-year old Daniela Vargas, a Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven years old, was placed on a lawmaker's office door at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017, Vargas was detained, March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Pastor Matt McGue of One Church, reads a letter from 22-year old Daniela Vargas, a Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven years old, and was detained March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action," during a brief rally on her behalf, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Diana Hodges writes a call for freedom for Daniela Vargas, an Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven, on a sticky note, before placing it on the office door of a lawmaker at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017. Vargas was detained, March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Friends Diana Hodges, left, and Macy Hudson, both of Morton, prepare a number of sticky notes calling for freeing 22-year old Daniela Vargas, a Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven years old, following a brief rally on her behalf, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017, Vargas was detained, March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action." A small group of supporters placed the notes on the office doors of lawmakers in the Capitol. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Diana Hodges places a sticky note that calls for freeing 22-year old Daniela Vargas, a Argentine native who has lived in the United States since she was seven years old, on the office doors of lawmakers at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 3, 2017, Vargas was detained, March 1, by immigration agents who state that she is a "unlawfully present Argentinian citizen" during a "targeted immigration enforcement action." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Del. Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore, explains his vote on Friday, March 3, 2017 for a bill to require businesses with 15 or more employees to provide paid sick leave in Maryland. Clippinger sponsored the legislation, which passed the House of Delegates 88-51. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., delivers remarks at the Kaplen Jewish Community Center on the Palisades during a rally against recent bomb threats made to jewish centers, Friday, March 3, 2017, in Tenafly, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Daniela Vargas, whose father and brother were picked up during a recent immigration raid of undocumented immigrants listens as speakers discuss the series of raids that also picked up other undocumented immigrants across the state during a news conference at the Jackson, Miss., city hall, Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Vargas was detained by ICE agents following the news conference. A college student, Vargas hopes to continue her education but fears for the fate of other undocumented immigrant families. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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FILE - In this April 29, 2015 file photo, Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock, center, signs a bill to expand Medicaid, at the Capitol in Helena, Mont., as bill sponsor Republican state Sen. Ed Buttrey looks on. Buttrey is a contender for the Republican Party's nomination in a special election to fill Montana's seat in the U.S. House which became vacant Wednesday, March 1, 2017 when Republican Ryan Zinke was confirmed as President Donald Trump's Interior Department secretary. (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, file)
