Social Issues

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Democratic incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan will be watching closely the challenge to North Carolina's voter ID law. Opponents of the law contend that the identification requirement creates an obstacle for blacks, Hispanics and women to reach the ballot box. (Associated Press)

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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott may sue the federal government to recoup costs of providing services to illegal immigrants. (AP Photo/The Monitor, Joel Martinez)

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A man holds up a sign during a rally in support of immigrants in San Diego. A Texas bishop said Sunday that the debate over unaccompanied youths at the southern U.S. border has focused on their illegal status and what to do with them but has ignored the root causes of the problem. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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Oklahoma Rep. Jim Bridenstine is asking what the Obama administration has to hide after he was denied access Monday to a Health and Human Services facility at Fort Sill that is currently housing up to 1,200 illegal immigrant children. (Jim Bridenstine's Office)

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (left), Virginia Republican, with Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican, said he spoke with immigration agents who said most of the children have relatives in the U.S. — many in the country illegally — with whom they are trying to connect. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican was shocked at the Congressional Budget Office's cost estimate to fix the VA, calling it "grotesquely out of line."

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Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former Congressional Budget Office director, said that there is a lot of uncertainty with the VA and how many patients have been waiting to receive medical care, making the cost estimate to fix the troubled agency difficult to score. (Associated Press)

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Immigration activists Amarily Ortiz, left, and Mayra Sixtos, demand the Mexican government to take more measures to protect and respect the rights of unaccompanied minors and families crossing Mexico's territory during a protest outside the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles Thursday, July 3, 2014. Activists demand support of migrant children and families Thursday, two days after U.S. Homeland Security buses carrying the migrants were routed away from American flag-waving protesters in Murrieta, Calif., and transported to a facility in San Diego. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)