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As federal immigration policies spark protests across the country, Kentucky GOP lawmakers filed at least five bills designed to encourage or require more local and state participation in immigration enforcement.
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The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin Good's killing last week.
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