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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...
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Napolitano: It’s not law enforcement’s job to decide what counts as enforcing the law
Joel Gehrke
Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013
Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Janet Napolitano pulled rank in response to allegations from the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement union that DHS has ordered them not to enforce key immigration laws, as Napolitano said its the union’s job to enforce the law according to the guidance she...
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Napolitano: Obama’s deferred action for DREAMers ‘a good pilot’ for amnesty program
Joel Gehrke
Published: Tue, Apr 23, 2013
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told Congress today that people whom DHS had decided not to deport following President Obama’s decision to enforce immigration law as if the DREAM Act had passed might qualify for expedited legalization under the immigration bill. “The [Deferred...
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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...
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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...
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Sen. Mike Lee calls for ‘compassionate’ platform that recognizes ‘we’re all in this together’
Joel Gehrke
Updated: Mon, Apr 22, 2013
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, argued today that conservatives need to support an affirmative agenda to help poor and middle-class Americans — a compassionate platform that recognizes “we’re all in this together” — but he did so while criticizing the “statism” of George W. Bush and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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