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Shirley Vanegas, daughter of illegal immigrants, addresses Miami-Dade County commissioners in the county building, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Vanegas asked the commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Nora Sandigo Otero and several of the children under her legal guardianship, receive a standing ovation at their arrival at the Miami-Dade County immigration hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, who is legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Nora Sandigo Otero, right, and several of the children under her legal guardianship, arrive at the Miami-Dade County immigration hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration, that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, photo, lobbyists gather outside the Utah House of Representatives at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Lobbyists who represent health care companies took a group of lawmakers who oversee health issues to dinner this week at an upscale restaurant in Salt Lake City. Lawmakers who attended all sit on committees that oversee health issues, but they say they were not lobbied health issues and it was a routine social event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, photo, lobbyists gather outside the Utah House of Representatives at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Lobbyists who represent health care companies took a group of lawmakers who oversee health issues to dinner this week at an upscale restaurant in Salt Lake City. Lawmakers who attended all sit on committees that oversee health issues, but they say they were not lobbied health issues and it was a routine social event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, photo, lobbyists gather outside the Utah House of Representatives at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Lobbyists who represent health care companies took a group of lawmakers who oversee health issues to dinner this week at an upscale restaurant in Salt Lake City. Lawmakers who attended all sit on committees that oversee health issues, but they say they were not lobbied health issues and it was a routine social event. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Lobbyists who represent the health care industry argue that leaving them out of the bill-writing process is bad for America. (Associated Press/File)
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Dr. Larry Nassar, center, and his attorneys, Shannon Smith and Matt Newburg, listen to Judge Donald Allen Jr. rule that Nassar, a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor, should stand trial on sexual assault charges during a hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. Nassar is accused of assaulting a girl from the age of 6 until the girl was 12 at his home in Holt, Mich. He's pleaded not guilty. (Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Dr. Larry Nassar listens to testimony of a witness during a preliminary hearing Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Lansing, Mich. A judge on Friday ordered Nassar, a former Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics sports doctor, to stand trial on sexual assault charges. He is accused of assaulting a girl from the age of 6 until the girl was 12 at his home in Holt, Mich. He has pleaded not guilty. (Robert Killips/Lansing State Journal via AP)
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Nora Sandigo Otero, right, comforts Yardley Vanegas, left, and Sherley Ramirez, right, children under her legal guardianship, as they leave the Miami-Dade County hearing, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in downtown Miami. Sandigo Otero, who is legal guardian to around 1,000 American-born children and minor teenagers who at least one of their parents has been deported, is asking the Miami-Dade commissioners to reverse Mayor Carlos Gimenez's position on immigration that requires local police to work with federal officers to enforce immigration law. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Mark Rosenbaum, right, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., left, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mark Rosenbaum, right, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., left, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mark Rosenbaum, center-left, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., center-right, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Mark Rosenbaum, center right, and Theodore Boutrous Jr., center-left, attorneys for Daniel Ramirez Medina, speak at a podium Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A protester wears a large mask of President Donald Trump, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina and said he must request a bond hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Protesters chant "Free Daniel" during a demonstration, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina and said he must request a bond hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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A protester puts on a large mask of President Donald Trump, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina and said he must request a bond hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Dianne Reeves, of Seattle, holds an upside-down U.S. flag, commonly seen as a sign of distress, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina, saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Michael Kozar yells as he takes part in a protest, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, outside the federal courthouse in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina, saying he must request a hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Protesters march in front of the federal courthouse, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Seattle, where a hearing was held for Daniel Ramirez Medina, a Seattle-area man who was arrested by immigration agents despite his participation in a federal program to protect those brought to the U.S. illegally as children. A federal magistrate on Friday declined to release Medina and said he must request a bond hearing from a federal immigration judge. Ramirez's arrest thrust him into a national debate over the immigration priorities of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
