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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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As immigration fight approaches, Republicans watch Leahy
Byron York
Updated: Wed, Apr 3, 2013
Much attention has focused on Republican Marco Rubio as the most important player in the Senate effort to pass comprehensive immigration reform. But it increasingly appears that title should belong to a Democrat, Patrick Leahy, who as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will decide...
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Byron York: Border security doubts could kill immigration plan
Byron York
Published: Mon, Apr 1, 2013
"We've come to a basic agreement," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said Sunday, talking about the Gang of Eight's progress crafting a comprehensive immigration reform bill. "First, people will be legalized ... then we will make sure the border is secure ... and after that happens, there's a path...
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Rubio: Reports of immigration deal ‘premature’
Byron York
Published: Sun, Mar 31, 2013
A day after sending a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy warning against a “rush to legislate” on comprehensive immigration reform, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio has released an Easter-morning statement calling reports of a Gang of Eight reform agreement...
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Rubio warns against 'rush to legislate' on immigration reform
Byron York
Updated: Sat, Mar 30, 2013
Marco Rubio, the leading Republican on the Senate's Gang of Eight immigration reform team, has sent a strongly-worded letter to Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, warning against an expected Democratic effort to rush an immigration bill through the committee. ...
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