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Senators broker tentative deal to end immigration bill logjam
WASHINGTON -- Key senators brokered a tentative deal Wednesday to strengthen the border security provisions in the immigration bill, a compromise that could break a logjam by satisfying Republican demands for tougher enforcement without jeopardizing a...
Tags: Migration, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, Dick Durbin, National Security
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Budget report gives key push to Senate immigration bill
WASHINGTON — The sweeping immigration overhaul bill received a boost Tuesday as senators appeared to narrow their differences on border security and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reported that newly legal immigrants would provide...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Chuck Schumer, Career and Workplace, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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Are drones along the border (all day, every day) cost-effective?
In its current form, the so-called Gang of Eight immigration bill increases funding for border security by up to $6.5 billion. When it comes to technology and equipment, the Senate bill doesn't go into much detail on how the government should spend its...
Tags: NPR, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Immigration enforcement head John Morton announces resignation
WASHINGTON – Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton announced his resignation Monday after more than four years at the head of the agency. A senior Department of Homeland Security official familiar with the matter said that...
Tags: Migration, U.S. Congress, National Security, Career and Workplace, Media Industry
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A year after Obama grants young immigrants a respite from deportation, the debate continues
Last June, the Obama administration unveiled a special program that grants some young undocumented immigrants protection from deportation. A year later, that program remains in place and so does the controversey surrounding it. Under the program,...
Tags: Migration, Criminals, Deportation, U.S. Military, Career and Workplace
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Sen. Sessions on immigration bill's broken promises
The so-called Gang of Eight immigration plan now being considered by the Senate fails to live up to every major promise made by its sponsors. Far from improving the immigration system, their 1,000-page proposal would exacerbate many of its flaws. It would...
Tags: Migration, Interior Policy, Justice and Rights, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Deportation
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Senate rejects move to tie immigration overhaul to border security
WASHINGTON — In the first and only vote Thursday on the immigration bill, senators turned back a Republican measure that would have delayed a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally until after the border with Mexico is fully secure....
Tags: Radio, Entertainment, U.S. Congress, Career and Workplace, Mexico
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Scientists hope to predict tornadoes by using little drones
With tornadoes, advance warning comes down to minutes. In Moore, Okla., on May 20, it was 16 minutes. In Newcastle, to the southwest, near the spot where the deadly mile-wide tornado that killed 24 people first formed, it was five minutes. Tornadoes...
Tags: Tornadoes, Mary Fallin, Engineering, U.S. Congress, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Sen. Sessions' do-nothing solution on immigration [Blowback]
As an attorney and a supporter of immigration reform, I read the Op-Ed article Monday by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) hoping to learn more about principled conservative opposition to the so-called Gang of Eight's plan in the Senate. Instead, I was...
Tags: The Washington Post, Migration, Minority Groups, Deportation, National Security
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Senate opens debate on immigration overhaul
WASHINGTON — With an overwhelming vote, the Senate on Tuesday launched debate on an ambitious overhaul of the nation's immigration laws, as Republicans, most of whom have not yet embraced the effort, declined to stand in the way of bringing it to...
Tags: Dick Durbin, John Cornyn, U.S. Congress, Mexico, Career and Workplace
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Covina teacher suspected of distributing child porn
Authorities believe a Covina middle school teacher arrested Wednesday on suspicion of distributing child porn over the Internet may have molested children. According to the U.S. attorney’s office, John David Boyle, 49, a teacher at Royal Oaks...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Pornography, Lawyers, Justice System, Abusive Behavior
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Rubio wants stronger border security in immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a key author of the bipartisan Senate immigration overhaul, is working on a proposal that would give Congress, not the Obama administration, the authority to devise a plan to bolster border security. The...
Tags: Migration, Justice and Rights, John Cornyn, U.S. Congress, National Security
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