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Paying the bill for immigration
Rep. Adam Schiff paid lip service to the “challenging” problems of the federal deficit, health care and, in particular, immigration during a recent appearance at Burroughs High School in Burbank (“Schiff speaks at high school,”...Tags: Adam Schiff, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Politics
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Mailbag: Streets are for cars, not bicycles
Who are the people trying to get people out of their cars and onto bikes ("Hoping to see more bicycle lanes," July 21)? Traffic in Burbank is quadrupling, and they continue to shrink our roads with bicycle lanes. Is this insanity or what? It's almost...Tags: Burbank (Los Angeles, California), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Illegal Immigrants, Vehicles, Politics
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Progress on immigration
Just when Washington looked like it was completely preoccupied with the scandals, real and imaginary, swirling around the White House, a group of Democrats and Republicans in the Senate managed the unexpected (and, these days, extraordinary): They...Tags: White House, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Democratic Party, Lindsey O. Graham, John Boehner
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Immigration cases make up 40% of federal prosecutions, study says
Immigration-related offenses are now the leading type of federal prosecution, constituting more than 40% of cases compared with 22% for drug crimes, according to federal crime data. Many immigrants are now prosecuted because they try to cross the border...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Punishment, Lawyers, Politics
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Immigration bill clears hurdle in Senate
WASHINGTON — A sweeping bipartisan plan to overhaul the nation's immigration system headed to the Senate floor after a key committee approved it Tuesday, setting the stage for a debate next month that could lead to the biggest victory for...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, White House, Lindsey O. Graham, Harry Reid, Jeff Sessions
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Immigration reform: Closer to reality or destined for failure?
Oh, how much things have changed in just a few months. Last May, Republicans and Democrats couldn't agree on any aspect of immigration reform. But on Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed a far-reaching immigration bill, clearing the way for a...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. House of Representatives, Politics
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NCJW disappointed by 'pill' restrictions
Not since "the pill" became widely available in the 60s, has there been such a battle over birth control than the one currently being waged over "Plan B" emergency contraception and its restrictions. Moreover, following the Food and Drug Administration...Tags: Science and Technology, Plan B (drug), Religion and Belief, Birth Control, Family Planning
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Obama meets with young immigrants, encourages them to speak out
WASHINGTON -- President Obama met Tuesday with young immigrants and others who expressed their fear that family members will be deported and their hope that Congress will pass new immigration laws to keep families intact. Obama urged the group to...
Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, White House, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Politics, Elections
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An Alabama senator's lost cause
WASHINGTON — Not since George Wallace, perhaps, has an Alabamian taken as passionate a stand for a lost cause as the one Jeff Sessions is taking now. Bipartisan immigration legislation is making its way inexorably through the Senate Judiciary...Tags: U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Jeff Sessions, Parties and Movements
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Obama meets with Central Florida woman to talk immigration
WASHINGTON -- A Winter Park woman was among several advocates for immigration reform who met Tuesday with President Barack Obama at the White House. Melissa McGuire-Maniau, an Air Force veteran, shared with Obama her story about how her family...Tags: White House, Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress, Barack Obama
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Senate panel approves immigration bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly...Tags: White House, Lindsey O. Graham, Dick Durbin, Elections, Immigration
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'Ship them back,' says opponent of Senate immigration bill
Sharon Overholser knows what she would do with the 11 million immigrants living in the country illegally. "Ship them back," she said Tuesday morning at a rally in front of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Sawtelle office. About 15 fellow demonstrators held signs...
Tags: Immigration, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), U.S. Congress, Dianne Feinstein, Politics
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