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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee amended the sweeping immigration bill Tuesday to tighten student visa rules in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. The committee, which is trying to get through the 844-page bill by the end of the week, also...
Tags: Mo Brooks, Students, Ted Cruz, Sports, Boston Marathon
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Pantoja defection may signal new GOP Hispanic outreach not going well
Central Florida Political PulseThe Republican Party’s new initiatives to salvage and build upon what already had become dwindling Hispanic support is getting battered by undercurrents. In the latest manifestation of Hispanic frustration to recent conservative currents, former...Tags: Politics, Jeb Bush, Immigration, Media Industry, Orlando
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Florida defection costs GOP another Latino leader
It seems that Republicans have long held out hope that Florida might be the state where the GOP could make inroads with Latino voters. However, any effort to woo Latinos was probably dealt a setback this week when Pablo Pantoja, the former GOP director of...
Tags: Politics, Immigration, Mel Martinez, Marco Rubio, Republican Party
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On immigration, ghosts of Christmas past
WASHINGTON -- Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-century debate...
Tags: Holidays, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Jeff Sessions, Religion and Belief, Productivity
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Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws
In 1986, lawmakers decided the problem of illegal immigration had to be dealt with. More than 3 million people were living in the United States after crossing the border illegally or overstaying their visas. A new law signed by President Ronald Reagan...
Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Barack Obama, Employment Opportunities, Employment, Ronald Reagan
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Column: Ghosts of Christmas past seen in immigration debate
WASHINGTON — Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol" is a gooey confection of seasonal sentiment. It also is an economic manifesto that Dickens hoped would hit with "twenty thousand times the force" of a political tract. It concerned a 19th-...Tags: Holidays, Ebenezer Scrooge (fictional character), Jeff Sessions, Religion and Belief, Washington, DC
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Boonsboro Council to give $45,000 for museum
davem@herald-mail.comBoonsboro Town Council members on Monday night agreed set aside $45,000 over the next three years for further development of a proposed museum to celebrate the history of the National Road that passes through town. An organization known as the...Tags: Museums, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Arts and Culture
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Boomers need immigrants
The Senate Judiciary Committee took up comprehensive immigration reform late last week. And, as expected, opponents are already rushing to derail it, arguing that any bill that legalizes the vast majority of undocumented immigrants in the United States...
Tags: Politics, Justice System, Congressional Budget Office, Immigration, Google Inc.
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Scholar's Bias Against Hispanics Dangerous
The Hartford CourantJason Richwine is a type in American politics. He holds a doctorate from Harvard. He writes studies, appears at conservative conferences in suit and tie, and expounds the same old nonsense about immigrants that we've been hearing since the Know Nothings...Tags: Mary Sanchez, Think Tanks, Social Issues, Marco Rubio, Career and Workplace
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Social Security boosted by immigration bill, chief actuary says
WASHINGTON -- The bipartisan Senate immigration proposal would provide a boost to the Social Security fund, its chief actuary said Wednesday, as more immigrants come out of the underground economy and begin paying taxes. The assessment of the bill’...Tags: Politics, Congressional Budget Office, Immigration, Migration, Social Security
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Immigration reform divides Republicans
WASHINGTON — The immigration reform bill crafted by a bipartisan group of senators has deeply split the Republican minority even as lawmakers prepare to take the first votes on the proposal Thursday. Alabama's Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, a...Tags: Justice System, Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest
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No poor and huddled need apply
WASHINGTON -- Heritage Foundation President Jim DeMint prefaced his condemnation of immigration legislation Monday with the same form of inoculation conservatives often use on such occasions: He quoted Emma Lazarus. "There's a statement at the bottom of...
Tags: Justice and Rights, High Schools, Marco Rubio, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013)
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