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Sheba Velasco, a Mayan interpreter (the Ixil language, which has about 70,000 speakers in Guatemala) who's seen her business grow with the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America., Alexandria, Va., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Sheba Velasco, a Mayan interpreter (the Ixil language, which has about 70,000 speakers in Guatemala) who's seen her business grow with the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America., Alexandria, Va., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Sheba Velasco, a Mayan interpreter (the Ixil language, which has about 70,000 speakers in Guatemala) who's seen her business grow with the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America., Alexandria, Va., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Sheba Velasco, a Mayan interpreter (the Ixil language, which has about 70,000 speakers in Guatemala) who's seen her business grow with the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America., Alexandria, Va., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Sheba Velasco, a Mayan interpreter (the Ixil language, which has about 70,000 speakers in Guatemala) who's seen her business grow with the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America., Alexandria, Va., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Slavery is one of the themes Pope Francis will discuss in his 2015 World Day of Peace message. Here, he looks at two children as they free doves during his Angelus prayer. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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7. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY.The Penn State cheerleaders perform during a first-round game between Penn State and Wichita State in the NCAA college basketball tournament on Sunday, March 23, 2014, in State College, Pa. Penn State won 62-56.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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National Edition Opinion cover for August 22, 2014 - When immigration policy served the national interest (Illustration by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times)
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Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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Ingham County Clerk Barb Byru, who performed the first same-sex marriage ceremonies in Michigan of Glenna DeJong and Marsha Caspa, speaks at a rally outside the U.S. District Court before the start of a motion hearing in the lawsuit the ACLU filed against State of Michigan concerning legalized same sex marriages in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014. Advocates for gay marriage asked a federal judge Thursday to legally recognize the 300 marriages of same-sex couples in Michigan on March 22, the day after a historic ruling overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. (AP Photo/Detroit News,Daniel Mears) DETROIT FREE PRESS OUT; HUFFINGTON POST OUT
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Bipartisan Immigration Reform Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times
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Then-Navy Adm. William McRaven addresses the Texas Board of Regents, Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) ** FILE **
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Black gun-rights activists in Texas protested police brutality on Wednesday by exercising their rights to openly carry firearms through the streets of South Dallas. (Twitter/@HueyGunClub)
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Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, is likely to hold on to his seat in the face of a strong pro-immigration political action committee effort to defeat him, polls show. The contest reflects the prominence of the border issue this election season. (Associated Press)
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Gov. Paul LePage has created controversy by criticizing the federal government's placement of eight immigrants in his state. (Associated Press)
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Police carry black demonstrator to patrol wagon on Sunday, August 10, 1975 in Boston at Carson Beach in predominantly White South Boston after black and white bathers pelted each other with rocks and bottles. About 600 riot helmeted police created a 200-foot-wide no-man’s land between the crowds of about 500 blacks and 1,000 whites. (AP Photo)
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A policeman grabs a youth by the hair as another New York policeman clubs a long haired young man in a disorder in Greenwich Village, Aug. 31, 1970 in New York. The confrontation between police and demonstrators occurred after a Gay Power march. Police chased the crowds with raised night sticks and clubbed several persons. (AP Photo)
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Police carry black demonstrator to patrol wagon on Sunday, August 10, 1975 in Boston at Carson Beach in predominantly White South Boston after black and white bathers pelted each other with rocks and bottles. About 600 riot helmeted police created a 200-foot-wide no-man’s land between the crowds of about 500 blacks and 1,000 whites. (AP Photo)
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A policeman grabs a youth by the hair as another New York policeman clubs a long haired young man in a disorder in Greenwich Village, Aug. 31, 1970 in New York. The confrontation between police and demonstrators occurred after a Gay Power march. Police chased the crowds with raised night sticks and clubbed several persons. (AP Photo)
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign is hitting Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes for renting a bus acquired by her father's company for less than what other similar services would charge. (Associated Press)
