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Texas Department of Public Safety cars idle along a road on the Yearning for Zion Ranch, Thursday, April 17, 2014, near Eldorado, Texas. State agents have seized the property, which belonged to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and was where hundreds of children were removed during a 2008 FBI raid prompted by child sex abuse allegations. The group's leader, Warren Jeffs, is serving life in prison after being convicted of sexually assaulting two girls he took as child brides. The state sought to seize the property over allegations of mismanagement by Jeffs. (AP Photo/San Angelo Standard-Times, Jennifer Rios)
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Immigration policy has plagued President Obama, as he spent the last five years trying to strike a difficult balance on the issue between conservatives in Congress and immigrant-rights advocates. (Associated Press Photographs)
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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor criticized the president Wednesday for publicly attacking the GOP on immigration, and then seeking compromise in a phone call.
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FILE - In this March 2, 2014 file photo, Kim Novak, left, and Matthew McConaughey speak during the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Novak said Thursday, April 17, 2014, that criticism of how she looked as a presenter at the Oscars last month amounted to hurtful bullying, which she condemned in an open letter and interview. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, file)
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Minnesota State, Mankato defensive back Sam Thompson talks to reporters Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mankato, Minn. Players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for coach Todd Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jerry Holt) ST. PAUL OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV OUT MAGS OUT
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Minnesota State, Mankato athletic director Kevin Buisman speaks during a news conference Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mankato, Minn. Players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for coach Todd Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Mankato Free Press, Pat Christman)
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Minnesota State, Mankato associate head coach Aaron Keen, foreground, and reinstated football coach Todd Hoffner answer questions from reporters Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mankato, Minn. Players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Mankato Free Press, Pat Christman)
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Minnesota State, Mankato football coach Todd Hoffner, right, and athletic director Kevin Buisman talk with defensive back Samuel Thompson after a news conference Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mankato, Minn. players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for coach Todd Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Mankato Free Press, Pat Christman)
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Plaintiffs challenging Oklahoma's gay marriage ban arrive in court following a hearing at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Thursday, April 17, 2014. They are, left to right, Dr. Gay Phillips, her partner Sue Barton, Sharon Baldwin and her partner Mary Bishop. The court is to decide whether to overturn a federal judge's decision to strike down. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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Plaintiffs challenging Oklahoma's gay marriage ban Dr. Gay Phillips, her partner Sue Barton, Sharon Baldwin and her partner Mary Bishop speaks with members of the media after leaving court following a hearing at the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The appeal of a lower court's January ruling that struck down Oklahoma's gay marriage ban is the second time the issue has reached appellate courts since the U.S. Supreme Court shook up the legal landscape last year by finding the federal Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)
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FILE-Clackamas County Sheriff Craig Roberts is shown in this Dec. 12, 2012, file photo taken in Portland, Ore. A federal judge has ruled that Clackamas County in Oregon violated an immigrant woman’s constitutional rights by holding her in jail for two weeks without probable cause at the request of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, so that the agency could investigate whether she is subject to deportation. (AP Photo/The Oregonian, Thomas Boyd, file)
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Minnesota State, Mankato football player Sam Thompson left, associate head coach Aaron Keen and coach Todd Hoffner coach arrive for a news conference Thursday, April 17, 2014, in Mankato, Minn. Players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jerry Holt) ST. PAUL OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV OUT MAGS OUT
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Minnesota State, Mankato defensive back Sam Thompson left, shakes hands with coach Todd Hoffner, as athletic director Kevin Buisman watches on Thursday April 17, 2014, in Mankato , Minn. Players ended their boycott of spring practice and said Thursday they will play for Hoffner, who was reinstated after being exonerated of having child pornography on his cellphone. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Jerry Holt) ST. PAUL OUT MINNEAPOLIS-AREA TV OUT MAGS OUT
