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Byron York: The effect of immigration reform on American workers
Byron York
Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013
Talk about out-of-touch Washington. At a time when the unemployment rate is 7.6 percent -- and would be far higher had not millions of jobless Americans become discouraged and left the workforce -- the topic of debate among many Democratic and Republican lawmakers is how many guest workers...
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A look deep inside the Gang of Eight bill — and how they’ll sell immigration reform to conservatives
Byron York
Published: Mon, Apr 15, 2013
Republican members of the Gang of Eight know they’ll have a tough time selling comprehensive immigration reform to a significant number of conservatives. Of course some in the GOP are still panicked by last November’s election results and will be inclined to sign on to almost any...
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Byron York: Rush through Senate will kill trust in immigration reform
Byron York
Published: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
When it is finally unveiled next week, the immigration reform proposal crafted by the Senate's bipartisan Gang of Eight will be long -- possibly 1,500 pages -- and complex, and it will call for far-reaching changes in important areas of American life. One would think the leadership of the Senate...
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In new poll, big majority says border not secure
Byron York
Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013
A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll asks several questions about immigration reform, including one about border security. “From what you have seen, read, or heard about the U.S. border with Mexico, would you say the border is totally secure, mostly secure, mostly not secure, totally...
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Byron York: New data on border crossings cloud security debate
Byron York
Published: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
There's a confrontation coming between the Obama administration and Republicans in Congress over the most basic question of immigration reform: How secure is the U.S. border with Mexico? Not only does the administration not know -- and perhaps doesn't want to know -- but there are signs the...
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Lawmaker seeks to force administration to measure border security
Byron York
Published: Mon, Apr 8, 2013
A lot of Republicans, and some Democrats, were stunned last month when the Department of Homeland Security admitted that its promised measure of border security, the Border Condition Index, or BCI, is not only not ready to go into operation but will not measure border security when it is finally...
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Division among Republicans on Gang of Eight?
Byron York
Published: Sun, Apr 7, 2013
As the bipartisan Gang of Eight works to complete a comprehensive immigration reform bill, there has been a growing consensus among Senate Republicans that the bill — so far seen by no one outside the Gang — should be the subject of multiple hearings and extended consideration inside the...
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Byron York: Will immigration reform kill Rubio's presidential chances?
Byron York
Published: Thu, Apr 4, 2013
Passing major legislation is not a path to the presidency. So why is Sen. Marco Rubio, who is almost surely running for the 2016 Republican nomination, working so hard on comprehensive immigration reform? Look at the only lawmaker who has become president in the last half-century. Barack Obama...
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