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  • Former Congressional Black Caucus Foundation head: Immigration bill is ‘immoral’

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    While most Democrats have united behind the Gang of Eight’s immigration proposal, a group of black pastors and leaders are trying to weaken support for the proposal in one key constituency, arguing that new Latino citizens would deprive black workers of jobs. “The Senate Gang of Eight’s...

  • Schumer: We’re not rushing immigration bill the way we rushed Obamacare

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013

    Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., denied today that the Senate is rushing the immigration bill in a manner similar to the process used to pass Obamacare, countering criticism from Republican colleagues. “The health care bill we started debating before it was introduced; that’s not happening...

  • Canadian security thwarts terrorist attack on New York-Toronto train

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    Canadian security officials announced today that they thwarted a terrorist attack on a passenger train reportedly traveling from New York City to Toronto, planned by two men allegedly tied to al Qaeda. “I commend our Canadian counterterrorism partners, particularly the Royal Canadian Mounted...

  • Lee disagrees with Paul: Boston bombing shouldn’t delay immigration hearings

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Mon, Apr 22, 2013

    Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, disagreed with the idea that immigration hearings should be delayed pending an investigation of the the Boston Marathon bombings, as his ally, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., suggested. “I don’t personally see the need not to be holding committee hearings to examine this...

  • Despite lockdown, second bombing suspect still on the loose

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    Law enforcement could not apprehend the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, despite a massive manhunt today, but state and local officials told city residents that they don’t have to stay inside anymore. “There is still a very very dangerous individual at large, but we feel...

  • Rep. King: Boston bombers planned ‘second round’ of attacks

    Joel Gehrke

    Published: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., who chairs a House subcommittee on intelligence and counter-terrorism, suggested that the two people suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon intended to initiate a “second round” of attacks. Related: Suspected Boston Bomber on Twitter: ‘A decade in America...

  • Report: ‘Boston bomber could have been deported’

    Joel Gehrke

    Updated: Fri, Apr 19, 2013

    One of the brothers suspected of carrying out the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon faced deportation in 2009 after being convicted of a domestic violence charge but was allowed to stay, according to a government watchdog. “Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the 26-year-old killed in a wild shootout...


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