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Byron York: Senate skips details in rush to pass immigration bill
Byron York
Published: Mon, May 6, 2013
Are snowboard instructors key to American immigration policy? Well, they're important enough to be specifically included in the Senate bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration reform bill. How did that happen? The original 844-page Gang of Eight bill, released in mid-April, granted a break to...
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With one click, key part of immigration bill becomes ten times more costly
Byron York
Updated: Sat, May 4, 2013
Late Tuesday, the bipartisan Gang of Eight released a new version of its comprehensive immigration reform bill to the Senate. Now 867 pages — up from the original 844 — the bill, known as a substitute, is filled with corrections and rewordings of portions of the first bill. But...
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Byron York: Winning Hispanic vote would not be enough for GOP
Byron York
Published: Thu, May 2, 2013
After six months of mulling over November's election results, many Republicans remain convinced that the party's only path to future victory is to improve the GOP's appeal to Hispanic voters. But how many Hispanic voters do Republicans need to attract before the party can again win the White...
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Rubio: To pass House, immigration bill needs stronger enforcement
Byron York
Published: Wed, May 1, 2013
The leading Republican on the bipartisan Senate Gang of Eight says the group’s immigration bill will have to include stronger border security and enforcement measures if it is to pass the House of representatives. “I believe that the enforcement mechanisms in this bill, in order for the...
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Byron York: Could there be another wave of illegal immigration?
Byron York
Published: Mon, Apr 29, 2013
One argument often heard in the debate over comprehensive immigration reform is that the flow of illegal immigrants from Mexico to the United States, once measured in the hundreds of thousands per year, has slowed dramatically and is not likely to pick up again. "All across Mexico's ruddy...
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Gang of Eight loopholes put many illegal immigrants on fast track to citizenship
Byron York
Published: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
Members of the Senate’s bipartisan Gang of Eight have stressed that under their new immigration plan, currently illegal immigrants will have to wait more than a decade before achieving citizenship. Newly-legalized immigrants will be given a provisional status and “will have to stay in...
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Obama campaign plans major push for Gang of Eight immigration bill
Byron York
Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013
Organizing for Action, the activist group that grew out of President Obama’s 2012 campaign, plans what it calls a “major day of action” next month to gather support for the bipartisan Gang of Eight comprehensive immigration reform bill. “This is a huge moment for President Obama,”...
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On immigration, the Gang of Eight security promise that wasn’t
Byron York
Updated: Sun, Apr 21, 2013
When the Gang of Eight was crafting its comprehensive immigration reform proposal — but before the bill was actually released — pro-reform Republicans on Capitol Hill often pointed to the various triggers they said would ensure the bill’s border-security directives are actually carried...
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