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Protesters march down the steps of the federal courthouse in Seattle, Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, 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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This Jan. 11, 2016, photo shows a digital audio recorder at a home in Providence, R.I. The city is in the third year of its effort to boost language skills for children from low-income families by equipping them with the devices that count every word they hear. During home visits, social workers go over the word counts with parents and suggest tips to boost the child's language skills. Even young infants can have conversations with mom or dad. Their turn just tends to involve a smile or some gibberish instead of words. That's a key lesson from programs that are coaching parents to talk more with their babies _ and recording their attempts. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)
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In this Jan. 11, 2016 photo, caseworker Stephanie Taveras, left, reads a book with 20-month-old Gracey Niebla, right, at the child's home in Providence, R.I. The city is in the third year of its effort to boost language skills for children from low-income families by equipping them with audio recorders that count every word they hear. During home visits, social workers go over the word counts with parents and suggest tips to boost children's language skills. (AP Photo/Matt O'Brien)
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Participants listen as Cardinal Peter Turkson delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The gathering of Catholic clergy and activists in Modesto, California, came as the world grapples with the impact of President Donald Trump's efforts to change U.S. immigration policy. (Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee via AP)
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Participants take a group photo with Cardinal Peter Turkson, center, before he delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The gathering of Catholic clergy and activists in Modesto, California, came as the world grapples with the impact of President Donald Trump's efforts to change U.S. immigration policy. (Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee via AP)
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Cardinal Peter Turkson delivers the keynote address at the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements at Central Catholic High School in Modesto, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The gathering of Catholic clergy and activists in Modesto, California, came as the world grapples with the impact of President Donald Trump's efforts to change U.S. immigration policy. (Andy Alfaro/The Modesto Bee via AP)
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State Sen. Ty Masterson, R- Andover denounces a tax bill the Senate passed Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Topeka, Kan. (Thad Allton/The Topeka Capital-Journal via AP)
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CORRECTS BYLINE TO JEANNA L. DUERSCHERL - In this June 13, 2016 photo provided by the Mayo Clinic, a medical team performs a face transplant surgery at the medical center in Rochester, Minn. It took about 24 hours to procure the donor's face, which involved taking bone, muscle, skin and nerves, and almost the same time to prepare the recipient. His entire face was rebuilt below his eyes, taking an additional 32 hours. The medical team rotated, taking four-hour breaks through the weekend. (Jeanna L. Duerscherl/Mayo Clinic via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, FEB. 18, AND THEREAFTER – In this Jan. 9, 2017 photo, Maria Valentin talks about race relations at her home in Bloomsburg, Pa. Instead of feeling more accepted in the community after moving to Pennsylvania nearly 17 years ago, Valentin says treatment of her family has become "more racist" since she and her husband relocated from Puerto Rico, even though Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory. (Keith Haupt/Press Enterprise via AP)
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2015, file photo, members of the National Guard patrol along the Rio Grande at the Texas-Mexico border in Rio Grande City, Texas. The Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2015, file photo, members of the National Guard patrol along the Rio Grande at the Texas-Mexico border in Rio Grande City, Texas. The Trump administration is considering a proposal to mobilize as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants, including millions living nowhere near the Mexico border, according to a draft memo obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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FILE - In this photo taken Oct. 29, 2013, former House Minority Leader Bob Michel speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A former aide says Michel has died at age 93. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, photo, tears well up in the eyes of Marina, 34, of Mexico, as she speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Homestead, Fla. A county with an immigrant leader where most people were born abroad has bucked the trend of the sanctuary city movement, creating fear among the undocumented and exposing a long-standing disconnect between Cuban-Americans and the rest of the Latinos. Miami-Dade's Cuban-born Mayor Carlos Gimenez went against other immigrant-rich cities in ordering its officials to abide by President Donald Trump's immigration orders. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this, Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, photo, Itzel Munoz, 23, who was brought to the U.S. as a child from Mexico, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Homestead, Fla. A county with an immigrant leader where most people were born abroad has bucked the trend of the sanctuary city movement, creating fear among the undocumented and exposing a long-standing disconnect between Cuban-Americans and the rest of the Latinos. Miami-Dade's Cuban-born Mayor Carlos Gimenez went against other immigrant-rich cities in ordering its officials to abide by President Donald Trump's immigration orders. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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In this Feb. 14, 2017, photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch meets with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del. on Capitol Hill in Washington. An Associated Press review of Gorsuch’s legal record shows he has embraced a bare-bones standard of education for disabled children while often upholding other civil rights complaints against schools. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, June 8, 2004 file photo, death penalty opponent Bud Welch, whose daughter, Social Security Administration worker Julie Marie Welch, 23, died in the Oklahoma City bombing, is interviewed in McAlester, Okla. Welch said he disagrees with President Donald Trump's executive order banning travelers from certain countries. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
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Denver school board member Rachele Espiritu speaks during a news conference, at the Denver Public Schools downtown campus, in Denver, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The school board announced its intention to consider a resolution aimed at protecting students who might be affected by President Trump's immigration policy. The effort would call on the district to continue its practice of not collecting any information about students' immigration status. It also says the district would not grant access to students without a search warrant. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg speaks during a news conference, at the Denver Public Schools downtown campus, in Denver, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. The school board announced its intention to consider a resolution aimed at protecting students who might be affected by President Trump's immigration policy. The effort would call on the district to continue its practice of not collecting any information about students' immigration status. It also says the district would not grant access to students without a search warrant. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
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About 50 fast food workers protest the nomination of former Hardees CEO Andrew Puzder to lead the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, outside the current headquarters of the fast food chain in downtown St. Louis. Fast food workers claim Puzder is unfit for the position because of his policies toward employees as Hardees boss. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
