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American Civil Liberties Union executive director Anthony Romero speaks during a meeting called "The Resistance Training" hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union, Saturday, March 11, 2017, in Coral Gables, Fla. The American Civil Liberties Union is launching a nationwide training event to make people aware of their rights as protesters. Organizers say the event Saturday at a sports arena on the University of Miami campus is being livestreamed to locations in all 50 states.(Luis M. Alvarez)
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2017, during a meeting on health care. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 10, 2017, during a meeting on healthcare. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**
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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, U.S. veteran Hector Barajas, who was deported, adjusts his beret in his office at the Deported Veterans Support House, nicknamed "the bunker," in Tijuana, Mexico. Barajas works putting U.S. veterans in touch with lawyers who help them receive pensions when possible, psychologists to help them overcome trauma and addiction, and job counseling programs. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2017 file photo, members of the airport ground staff stand at Schoenefeld airport in Berlin, during a warning strike. A union representing ground staff has called on its members to go on strike at Berlin's two airports and warned the walkouts might lead to delays and perhaps flight cancellations. The ver.di union says the strikes would begin Friday at 4 a.m. (0300 GMT) and end Saturday at 5 a.m. (0400 GMT) at the German capital's Tegel and Schoenefeld airports. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)
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House Speaker Paul Ryan vigorously talks up the American Health Care Act at Republican National Committee Headquarters. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
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FILE - This is a Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 file photo of people looking at the Icelandic parliament the Althing in Reykjavik. Iceland will be the first country in the world to make employers prove they offer equal pay regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexuality or nationality, the Nordic nation's government said on International Women's Day , Wednesday March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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Female workers from a Spanish trade union stand outside their main headquarters after a call for women to stop working for half an hour at noon to commemorate International Women's Day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, March 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday presented the American Health Care Act, a proposed Obamacare replacement plan that he was confident the House would approve. (Associated Press)
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Young job seekers wait to meet with recruiters from Old Navy during a job fair hosted by the Gregory Jackson Center for Brownsville, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. The fair was part of the Urban Youth Jobs Program for 16- to 24-year-olds. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) ** FILE **
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Illustration on the negative effects of the $15 minimum wage by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2017 file photo, the Capitol is seen at sunup in Washington. House Republicans on March 6, released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama's health care law, a package that would scale back the government's role in health care and likely leave more Americans uninsured. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Housing a Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson speaks to HUD employees in Washington, Monday, March 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, tells thousands at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, Saturday, March 4, 2017, that he congratulates workers for their courage "in standing up for justice." Participants marched to the plant to deliver a letter to the company demanding the right to vote on union representation to address better wages, safe working conditions and job security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Several thousand participants gather at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, Saturday, March 4, 2017, to listen to speeches from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, actor Danny Glover, national NAACP President Cornell Brooks, U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and UAW president Dennis Williams. Participants marched to the plant to deliver a letter to the company demanding the right to vote on union representation to address better wages, safe working conditions and job security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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UAW president Dennis Williams calls for auto workers to demand their rights during a speech before thousands gathered at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, Saturday, March 4, 2017. Participants marched to the plant to deliver a letter to the company demanding the right to vote on union representation to address better wages, safe working conditions and job security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, tells thousands at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, Saturday, March 4, 2017, that he congratulates workers for their courage "in standing up for justice." Participants marched to the plant to deliver a letter to the company demanding the right to vote on union representation to address better wages, safe working conditions and job security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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UAW president Dennis Williams, left, is congratulated on his comments by actor Danny Glover at a pro-union rally near Nissan Motor Co.'s Canton, Miss., plant, Saturday, March 4, 2017. Participants marched to the plant to deliver a letter to the company demanding the right to vote on union representation to address better wages, safe working conditions and job security. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 photo, Clyde Sachtleben poses at the observatory that bears his name in Hastings, Neb. Clyde Sachtleben, 80, has vacated his familiar part-time role as J-Term astronomy teacher and made his retirement permanent after serving 41 years as full-time head of the physics department through 2001. (Amy Roh/The Hastings Tribune via AP)
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This undated photo provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) History Library and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, shows temporary clerks completing the short-term labor contracts and identification cards. Each clerk was proficient in both Spanish and English. The bracero program is the largest guest-worker program in our nation's history and recruited 4.6 million skilled Mexican nationals. (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' (USCIS) History Library/National Trust for Historic Preservation via AP)
