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FILE - In this Oct. 28, 1956 file photo, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roerich from Bavaria, Germany, look out from the stern of the USNS General Langfitt anchored in New York Harbor carrying 1,267 refugees from Europe. In the background is the Statue of Liberty. The couple plan to settle in Ohio. The American self-image is forever intertwined with the melting pot _ a nation that embraces the world’s wretched refuse, a nation built by immigrants. But America’s immigration history is complicated. (AP Photo/File)
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A protest rally on the steps of the Supreme Court by the Democratic leadership turned into a bit of an embarrassment Monday evening when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (center) couldn't get her mic to work, leading to an impromptu hymn singing. (Associated Press)
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A crowd gathers on the State House lawn in Montpelier, Vt., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, for a solidarity candlelight vigil in response to President Donald Trump's recent travel ban on refugees and citizens of certain majority-Muslim countries. (Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/The Times Argus via AP)
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People participate in a candlelight vigil and rally outside the Statehouse in Montpelier, Vt., to oppose President Donald Trump's temporary suspension of immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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This undated photo provided by the Hennepin County Jail shows Allen Scarsella. A jury on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, convicted Scarsella of assault for opening fire and wounding five men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers. (Hennepin County Jail via AP)
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While Americans protest President Trump's curb on travel and refugee flows, war-ravaged Libyans say they understand the need to take precautions. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on immigration questions by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Illustration on the current wave of protests by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Asli Ali, 39, of Woodburn, left, and Dana Bliss, 56, of Salem, attend an immigrant and refugee rights rally, in response to President Trump's ban on people entering the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Ali is an Arabic and Somali interpreter for local school districts and both women work to help resettle refugees in the Willamette Valley. (Anna Reed /Statesman-Journal via AP)
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Francisco Lopez, with Voz Hispana Cambio Comunitario, speaks during an immigrant and refugee rights rally, in response to President Trump's ban on people entering the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Anna Reed /Statesman-Journal via AP)
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Hundreds attend an immigrant and refugee rights rally, in response to President Trump's ban on people entering the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Anna Reed /Statesman-Journal via AP)
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Asli Ali, 39, of Woodburn, from left, Dana Bliss, 56, of Salem, and Kristen Wilson, 58, of Salem, attend an immigrant and refugee rights rally, in response to President Trump's ban on people entering the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. Ali is an Arabic and Somali interpreter for local school districts and all three women work to help resettle refugees in the Willamette Valley. (Anna Reed /Statesman-Journal via AP)
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Hundreds attend an immigrant and refugee rights rally, in response to President Trump's ban on people entering the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries, at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (Anna Reed /Statesman-Journal via AP)
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A crowd gathers on the State House lawn in Montpelier, Vt., Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, for a solidarity candlelight vigil in response to President Donald Trump's recent travel ban on refugees and citizens of certain majority-Muslim countries. (Jeb Wallace-Brodeur/The Times Argus via AP)
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Gov. Greg Abbott talks with Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly before a briefing on border security Wednesday Feb. 1, 2017 at the Texas Department of Public Safety regional headquarters in Weslaco, Texas. Secretary Kelly and Abbott toured the Texas border with Mexico in a helicopter following the briefing. (Nathan Lambrecht/The Monitor via AP, Pool)
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At midnight on Feb. 18, 2017, Washington, D.C. became the 7th jurisdiction in the U.S. to allow physician-assisted suicide. In this March 22, 2002, file photo, Stacey Richter holds a sign outside a federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., as a hearing begins to decide the fate of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Dr. David Shulkin, currently undersecretary for health at the VA, listens at left as Sen. Pat Toomey, D-Pa. introduces him on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate Dr. David Shulkin, currently undersecretary for health at the VA, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Women demonstrate across the street from the New York city residence of Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer during the second in a series of "Resist Trump Tuesdays," on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in New York. Liberals are vowing to put pressure on Schumer to mount a vigorous opposition to the agenda of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Demonstrators protesting Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer hold signs at Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza during a protest that was billed as the second in a series of "Resist Trump Tuesdays," on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017, in New York. Liberals are vowing to put pressure on Schumer to mount a vigorous opposition to the agenda of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
