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Boomers need immigrants
The Senate Judiciary Committee took up comprehensive immigration reform late last week. And, as expected, opponents are already rushing to derail it, arguing that any bill that legalizes the vast majority of undocumented immigrants in the United States...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Justice System, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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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: Politics, Parties and Movements, Chuck Grassley, Teaching and Learning, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013)
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Florida defection costs GOP another Latino leader
It seems that Republicans have long held out hope that Florida might be the state where the GOP could make inroads with Latino voters. However, any effort to woo Latinos was probably dealt a setback this week when Pablo Pantoja, the former GOP director of...
Tags: Politics, Republican Party, Mel Martinez, Immigration, Marco Rubio
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Employment
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Social Security boosted by immigration bill, chief actuary says
WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan Senate immigration proposal would provide a boost to the Social Security fund, its chief actuary said Wednesday, as more immigrants come out of the underground economy and begin paying taxes. The assessment of the bill’...Tags: Politics, Social Security, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Congressional Budget Office, Immigration
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Immigration reform divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...
Tags: Politics, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Jim DeMint, Parties and Movements
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GOP fights itself over immigration reform
Over the last few years the Republican Party has campaigned hard against comprehensive immigration reform and in favor of tougher internal enforcement and beefed-up security along the U.S. border with Mexico. Now the GOP leadership is hoping to persuade...
Tags: Politics, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Republican Party, U.S. Congress, Congressional Budget Office
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Heritage Foundation study says immigration reform would be costly
WASHINGTON -- A conservative think tank said Monday that immigration reform would be costly to taxpayers -- the latest in a growing, but contradictory, body of research on the costs and benefits of providing a path to citizenship for those living in...Tags: Government, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Labor Legislation
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Obama golfs with GOP senators
WASHINGTON -- On the first green, President Obama put his arm around Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican. He shared his golf cart with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican from Georgia. Obama hasn’t had much luck schmoozing GOP lawmakers in...
Tags: White House, Politics, Jim DeMint, Barack Obama, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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For South Korea, no respect, no Kaesong
It's time for South Korea to face facts: The Kaesong experiment has failed. The ideologically motivated joint business venture with North Korea known as the Kaesong industrial complex is not economically viable, nor has it achieved any of its political...
Tags: Politics, Blackmail and Extortion, Central Intelligence Agency, South Korea, Korean War (1950-1953)
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Jim DeMint: Still wrong on online sales taxes
When he was a senator representing South Carolina, Jim DeMint argued that collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases was an impermissible form of taxation without representation. He's continuing this meme in his new role as head of the Heritage...
Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Amazon.com Inc., Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Immigration talks bog down over numbers
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Dianne Feinstein, Mitch McConnell, Lobbying
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