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By Byron York | 06/17/13 10:25 PM
As the Senate debate over the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill reaches full speed this week, leading Democrats have pronounced the border security amendment proposed by Republican Sen. John Cornyn a “non-starter.” To break through what could become a deadlock, other GOP...
By Byron York | 06/17/13 07:10 PM
In an unguarded moment, Chuck Schumer confirms news reports that the southern border remains porous, with millions more expected to slip though in coming years. There was a striking moment in the Senate Judiciary Committee's debate on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill...
By Byron York | 06/16/13 09:30 PM
Supporters of the Senate Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill stress that currently-illegal immigrants will be required to undergo a thorough background check before winning legal status in the months after the bill is passed. “They will have to come forward and pass a rigorous...
By Byron York | 06/13/13 10:05 PM
Why is it necessary to legalize the roughly 11 million currently-illegal immigrants in the U.S. before newly enhanced border security and internal enforcement measures are in place? Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Senate’s Gang of Eight, says part of the reason is that the...
By Byron York | 06/13/13 07:20 PM
There's a fundamental conflict at the heart of the Senate debate over the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill. Most Republicans believe a policy to integrate 11 million currently illegal immigrants into American society must be conditioned on stronger border security and internal...
By Byron York | 06/12/13 09:35 PM
Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican behind the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill, says he “probably should have been more artful in the use of terms” when he said in a Spanish-language interview last weekend that the bill first provides for legalization of the...
By Byron York | 06/12/13 10:15 AM
Sen. John Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, has just released his much-discussed amendment to the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill. The amendment is extensive — 134 pages — and covers a number of areas in measuring and enhancing border security. But...
By Byron York | 06/12/13 07:50 AM
When the Senate takes a vote, there’s a period in which senators stand around the well of the chamber, chatting in groups of two and three, while fellow lawmakers come in and out to cast votes. When that was happening Tuesday on a motion to move to debate on the Gang of Eight comprehensive...
By Byron York | 06/10/13 07:00 PM
Immigration wasn't the main issue in the 2010 New Hampshire Senate race. But it was a topic of great interest for many Republican voters, and GOP candidate Kelly Ayotte took a pretty hard line. Rather than calling for comprehensive immigration reform, Ayotte stressed tightening border security...
By Byron York | 06/10/13 02:00 PM
In a Spanish-language interview Sunday with the network Univision, Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform group, made his strongest statement yet that legalization of the nation’s 11 million currently illegal immigrants must happen before...
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