Social Issues

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Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., followed by House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., leave the Senate TV studio after a news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Monday, July 28, 2014, about a bipartisan deal to improve veterans' health care that would authorize at least $17 billion to fix the health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up delays, the bill's chief supporters said Monday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

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The U.S. and U.S. Department of Homeland Security flags fly over the Karnes County Residential Center in Karnes City, Texas on Thursday, July 31, 2014. Federal officials gave a tour of the South Texas immigration detention facility that has been retooled to house adults with children who have been apprehended at the border. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Faith leaders and activists participate in a demonstration in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014, asking President Barack Obama to modify his deportations policies. (AP Photo/Connor Radnovich)

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Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus, center, speaks with people in the audience after addressing the crowd at the National Association of Black Journalists convention, Thursday, July 31, 2014, in Boston. Priebus says the GOP has been working to better compete for black and minority votes as it eyes the 2016 presidential race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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"Upon convening under Republican control next Jan. 3, Congress should enact a statute prohibiting the president from suspending enforcement of the deportation laws for categories of undocumented aliens through executive orders, agency directives or otherwise," writes Bruce Fein. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Reginald Anthony Klaiber, 24, has been charged with bias-motivated assault after he allegedly stabbed a 15-year-old transgender girl aboard a Metro train in northeast Washington, D.C. (Metro Transit Police)