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President Obama is nearing a self-imposed deadline for taking unilateral action to try to halt deportations, and is facing pressure from immigrant-rights groups to go as broadly as possible. (Associated Press)
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Justice Department security watch from the Connsititution Ave. entrance as activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Marvin Hall marches down Constitution Ave. after he and other activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Justice Department security watch from the Connsititution Ave. entrance as activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Tanya Ward-Jordan, left, holds a sign that reads "Don't Shoot!" as activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Tanya Ward-Jordan, left, holds a sign that reads "Don't Shoot!" as activists rally outside the Justice Department to call on the Attorney General to "help secure justice for Michael Brown and the people of Ferguson, Missouri, as well as an overhaul of US law enforcement tactics in order to stop police brutality and the militarization of police forces", Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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FILE - This Aug. 2, 2014 file photo shows demonstrators protesting at Freedom Plaza in Washington asking President Barack Obama to modify his deportations policies. The White House is crafting a blame-it-on-Congress legal justification to back up President Barack Obama's impending executive actions on immigration. Facing an expect onslaught of opposition, the administration plans to argue that by failing to provide enough resources to fully enforce U.S. laws, lawmakers have ceded wide latitude to White House to prioritize deportations, administration officials and legal experts said. But Republicans, too, are exploring their legal options for stopping Obama from what they’ve deemed an egregious presidential overstep. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Electrician Solomon Rivera, right, sets up the controls for a water and fire portion of the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Electrician Solomon Rivera, right, sets up the controls for a water and fire portion of the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Worker Victor Bonilla pulls off protective material to reveal large glass panels of inscriptions at the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Electrician Solomon Rivera, right, sets up the controls for a water and fire portion of the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Worker Victor Bonilla pulls off protective material to reveal large glass panels of inscriptions at the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
