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Marlene Mosqueda, left, who's father was deported early Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, is comforted at a news conference by her attorney Karla Navarrette at The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). Navarrete, said she sought to stop Mosqueda from being placed on a bus to Mexico and was told by ICE that things had changed. She said another lawyer filed federal court papers to halt his removal. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) (AP)

Immigration enforcement: Are raids really a result of Trump policy?

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2017 file photo, protester Sanaa Alhagri hold a sign during a rally against President Donald Trump's executive order on Muslim immigration, in downtown Miami. Many citizens of Muslim-majority countries affected by President Donald Trump’s curbs on travel to the United States say they were hardly surprised the restrictions rank among his first orders of business. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) (AP)

Trump wants to enlist local police in immigration crackdown

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This photo provided by Elsa Metzger shows snowfall over a Southern California neighborhood in Temecula, Calif., on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. A blustery winter storm dropped snow on very low elevations across inland Southern California early Wednesday after stranding dozens of motorists on mountain highways. (AP Photo/Elsa Metzger) (AP)

Storm brings snow, cold to West for New Year’s

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Thousands line up to work legally

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Elderly man pleads not guilty to wife’s murder

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Feds want case dropped against Afghan

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