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ATF agents conducting sting let man leave store with gun
Milwaukee Journal SentinelATF agents let a man armed with a gun and threatening to shoot someone walk out of their storefront sting operation in Milwaukee last summer, failing to arrest him or take the weapon, the Journal Sentinel has learned. The suspect, Bobby Ball -- a...Tags: Operation Fast and Furious, Newspaper and Magazine, Court Preliminary, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, FBI
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Senate panel focuses on enforcement in immigration bill
WASHINGTON — Senators kept the bipartisan immigration bill largely unchanged Thursday after dispatching dozens of proposed amendments even as they punted many of the thorniest issues to next week. The day's session at the Senate Judiciary...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Immigration, Parties and Movements, Orrin Hatch
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U.S. Senate passes flood-protection bill vital to Cedar Rapids
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaThis city has been working for the five years since its $7-billion flood disaster to convince Congress to provide help for the city to build a flood protection system. On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate, on a vote of 83-14, approved the Water Resources...Tags: Tom Harkin, Politics, U.S. House of Representatives, Floods, U.S. Army
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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Jeff Sessions, Heritage Foundation, Parties and Movements, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Immigration and gang labels
The Senate Judiciary Committee is just beginning its markup of the bipartisan immigration bill, but already opponents and supporters of the sweeping legislation are fighting over which immigrants should be allowed to legalize their status and which should...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Immigration, Migration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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EDITORIAL: Rays of hope
The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, IowaFive years ago today, the immigration reform debate became much more real and closer to home for Eastern Iowans. On May 12, 2008, federal immigration agents and local law enforcement raided the former Agriprocessors meat packing facility in Postville...Tags: Labor Legislation, Politics, Immigration, Work Rules Contract Issues, Migration
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OPINION: Republicans continue to lose minority voters
Tulsa WorldIf anyone was unsure before, the report last week from the U.S. Census Bureau ought to send a clear signal: Minorities are gaining muscle in elections. According to the Census Bureau, in the 2012 presidential election, for the first time on record,...Tags: Barack Obama, Lyndon B. Johnson, Heritage Foundation, Minority Groups, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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Immigration reform debate under way
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaU.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, will have his work cut out for him in the coming weeks, as his Senate Judiciary Committee began Thursday to take up an overhaul of the country's immigration system. The Border Security, Economic Opportunity and...Tags: Labor Legislation, Tom Harkin, Politics, Immigration, Migration
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Sen. Grassley clarifies immigration comments
Ames Tribune, IowaU.S. Sen. Charles Grassley pushed back against the notion he is opposed to immigration reform, in an interview this week with the Ames Tribune. Immigration reform debate began Thursday in the Senate Judiciary Committee; Grassley is the longest serving...Tags: Social Issues, Barack Obama, Politics, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants
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Immigration bill survives first day of debate in Senate committee
WASHINGTON — After eight hours of debate, the bipartisan Senate immigration bill emerged mostly intact Thursday, despite Republican-led efforts to make substantial alterations in the first of what is certain to be many long committee meetings to...
Tags: Ted Cruz, Politics, Jeff Sessions, Immigration, Parties and Movements
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Many amendments, few changes to immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON -- Senators on Thursday began the arduous task of going through some 300 proposed amendments to the delicately constructed bipartisan immigration bill. By lunch, they had disposed of 17. With a packed audience of many pro-immigration...
Tags: Ted Cruz, Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Jeff Sessions, Immigration
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Gay benefits: Immigration bill deal-breaker?
NewsdayOne of the biggest potential deal-breakers for the massive immigration bill as a Senate committee begins working on it Thursday is a Democratic proposal to extend immigration benefits to gay and lesbian couples, experts and lawmakers said Wednesday....Tags: Labor Legislation, Ted Cruz, Gays and Lesbians, Politics, Jeff Sessions
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