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  • Byron York: What is the real number of illegal border crossings?

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, May 16, 2013

    Security along the U.S. border with Mexico is perhaps the key factor in the debate over comprehensive immigration reform. Those who believe the border is mostly secure already are more inclined to support the plan of the bipartisan Gang of Eight in the Senate -- legalization first, followed by...

  • GOP lawmakers question Kathleen Sebelius about Obamacare fundraising

    Byron York

    Updated: Wed, May 15, 2013

    Three Republican members of the House Subcommittee Health and Human Services have written a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius demanding that she reveal details of her solicitations to health care companies for donations to fund the implementation of Obamacare....

  • Byron York: IRS scandal raises fears about enforcing Obamacare

    Byron York

    Published: Mon, May 13, 2013

    The Internal Revenue Service scandal would be bad enough if the IRS just handled issues like collecting income taxes and granting nonprofit status. But the immensely powerful federal agency is about to become even more powerful with the arrival of national health care, and that makes the...

  • A talk with Jason Richwine: 'I do not apologize for any of my work'

    Byron York

    Updated: Mon, May 13, 2013

    "It seemed like that day lasted forever," says Jason Richwine of last Wednesday, when he found himself in the middle of a media firestorm over his writings about Hispanic immigrants and intelligence. "I knew that this probably would not end well." It didn't. On Friday morning, the 31 year-old...

  • Byron York: Benghazi is all about Obama

    Byron York

    Updated: Fri, May 10, 2013

    The conventional wisdom in much of the press is that Republicans are pursuing the Benghazi investigation because they want to damage Hillary Clinton’s chances of becoming president in 2016. Perhaps there are some Republicans who are motivated by that, but it appears most are simply trying,...

  • Byron York: Dems, Gang of Eight defeat tougher border security measures

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    Sen. Marco Rubio, the leading Republican behind the bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration reform bill, has often said the legislation will require stronger border security measures if it is to become law. On Thursday, lawmakers got a glimpse of what that might mean. As the Senate Judiciary...

  • Judiciary Committee applies security standard to all sectors of border

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    The Gang of Eight came in for a lot of criticism for its decision to require the stringent levels of border security only in “high risk” sectors of the U.S.-Mexico border — not along the entire border.  The bill defines “high risk” as “a border sector in which more than 30,000...

  • Gang of Eight Republicans join Democrats to defeat key border security measure

    Byron York

    Published: Thu, May 9, 2013

    The Senate Judiciary Committee has begun considering amendments to the Gang of Eight immigration bill.  And on a key early amendment, Republicans Lindsey Graham and Jeff Flake — both Gang members — joined unanimous Democrats to defeat a Republican amendment that would have required...

  • For Sen. Mike Lee, amending immigration bill starts with throwing it out

    Byron York

    Updated: Wed, May 8, 2013

    Tuesday at 5 p.m. was the deadline for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to propose amendments to the Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill.  There were a lot of amendments.  Sen. Charles Grassley, ranking Republican on the committee, proposed 77.  Fellow...

  • Poll: Support for immigration plan slips, majority skeptical of border enforcement

    Byron York

    Published: Tue, May 7, 2013

    A new survey by pollster Scott Rasmussen shows a strong public belief that currently illegal immigrants should be granted legal status only after new border security measures are in place.  The poll also shows little public faith that the federal government will actually secure the border,...


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