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In this March 2, 2015 photo, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers try to gain entry to an apartment building, in the Bronx borough of New York, during a series of early-morning arrests. Immigrant and Customs Enforcement say an increasing number of cities and counties across the United States are limiting cooperation with the agency and putting its officers in dangerous situations as they track down foreign-born criminals. Instead, more of its force is out on the streets, eating up resources and conducting investigations because cities like New York and states like California have passed legislation that limits many of the detention requests issued by immigration authorities. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation and Paralyzed Veterans of America staged a job fair for wounded veterans and military caregivers. The jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans in February fell to 6.7 percent. (Photographs by Hannah Crites/The Washington Times)
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A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent escorts a handcuffed undocumented immigrant convicted of a felony that was taken into custody during an operation in Dallas on March 6, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Students move out of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house after University of Oklahoma president David Boren closed it down when several members were caught on video taking part in a racist chant. (AP Photo/Nick Oxford)
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The Ku Klux Klan distributed thousands of fliers at people's homes over the weekend as civil rights activists descended on Selma, Alabama, for the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." (Twitter/@ashleythompTV)
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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2015 file photo, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials Monday, accusing them of perpetrating human rights violations and public corruption in the socialist-governed South American nation. “Corrupt actions by Venezuelan government officials deprive Venezuela of needed economic resources that could be invested in the Venezuelan people and used to spur economic growth,” Lew said in a statement. “These actions also undermine the public trust in democratic institutions and the human rights to which Venezuelan citizens are entitled.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 17, 2014 file photo, Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Edwards intends to join the race to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski, hoping to become the first African-American elected to the Senate from her state, according to officials familiar with her plans. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., is flanked by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Rep. Steve Israel, D-N.Y., right, speaks to reporters after Pelosi announced that Edwards will become co-chair of the House Democrats’ Steering and Policy Committee with Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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ANOTHER WAVE: Migrants are being rescued in the harbor of the island of Lampedusa, Italy. With Libya's security rapidly deteriorating, the number of people setting out in smugglers' boats to cross the Mediterranean Sea toward Italy has surged. (Associated Press)
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President Obama's request for authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State would expire three years after it is passed by Congress, while the November 2014 immigration move grants a reprieve from deportation and legal work permits to illegal immigrants for 36 months. (Associated Press)
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Rep. Michael T. McCaul, Texas Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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The Accessible Parking Amendment Act of 2012 would involve creating some 1,800 red-top meters such as this that are specifically designated for the disabled, but the devices were installed in such a haphazard manner that incoming transportation officials plan to remove a slew of them before advancing the program. (The Washington Times)
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Handcuffs lay on a table in this file photo from March 2015. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine) **FILE**
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This March 6, 2015, photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows Eddie Ray Routh. (AP Photo/Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
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Vice President Joe Biden pauses while addressing the Human Rights Campaign Spring Equity Convention in Washington, Friday, March 6, 2015. Biden said the same human rights that African Americans fought for in Selma, Alabama, are at stake for gay rights activists today. Biden is drawing parallels between the civil rights and gay rights movements in a speech to the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny leaves a detention center in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 6, 2015. Navalny, a leading opposition figure, was released after spending 15 days in custody for handing out leaflets in the subway. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
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Gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. Thousands of businesses, religious groups, advocacy organizations and politicians who are filing legal briefs at the Supreme Court in support of gay marriage. The cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee will be argued April 28, and a decision is expected by early summer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, D-Kenosha, right, talks with Assembly Speaker Robin Voss, R-Rochester, center, and Assembly Majority Leader Jim Steineke, R-Kaukauna, left, during a break in a debate on right-to-work legislation at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Thursday, March 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart)
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National Edition News cover for March 6, 2015 - House conservatives want Boehner out: House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget because of Republican efforts to block President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House voted last month to end Homeland Security funding on Saturday unless Obama reverses his order to protect millions of immigrants from possible deportation. After Democratic filibusters blocked the bill in the Senate, the chamber's Republican leaders agreed this week to offer a "clean" funding measure, with no immigration strings attached. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
