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Border Patrol struggles to measure what it can't see
SAN DIEGO — Kathy Gomez estimates that U.S. Border Patrol agents catch 75% of the migrants who try to run through the strawberry fields at her farm near the border with Tijuana. Farther east, Miguel Diaz thinks the number hits 90% at his junkyard...
Tags: Illegal Immigrants, Janet Napolitano, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), John McCain, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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Online sales tax bill seen stalling in Republican-led U.S. House
Reuters* Senate approval of measure expected on Monday * Broad tax overhaul effort moving separately WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate was expected to vote on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases,...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Amazon.com Inc., Government, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., E-Commerce Industry
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New efforts to curb cellphone theft
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disturbed by the nationwide epidemic of cellphone robberies and thefts, law enforcement officials across the country are looking to the wireless industry to help find a cure. In San Francisco, where half the robberies were...
Tags: Theft, Justice System, Raymond W. Kelly, Google Inc., Vincent Gray
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Tampa Tribune, Fla., Tom Jackson column
The Tampa TribuneFew of us achieve adulthood without having experienced buyer's remorse, that thrumming ruefulness that, regarding one big decision or another, we have chosen poorly. You probably can name a half-dozen episodes of buyer's remorse off the top of your...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Barbara Boxer
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Cuomo: No White House run, regardless of what Clinton decides
The Buffalo NewsGov. Andrew M. Cuomo says Hillary Rodham Clinton's decision whether to run for president in 2016 is having no impact on him because he is not contemplating a White House bid. The governor, whose poll numbers are not what they once were among New...Tags: Primaries, Government, University of New Hampshire, Politics, Elections
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Counting on new workers as immigration debate brews
The Buffalo NewsIn the hallways of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus and on the farms of Niagara County, Washington's brewing debate about immigration reform isn't about "amnesty," or about the fear that someone from far away will come to America to do us harm. It's...Tags: Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Migration, Politics, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Chuck Grassley
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Divisions in Republican party are key to immigration reform debate
Milwaukee Journal SentinelRepublican Paul Ryan made an attention-getting move on immigration last week, pairing up with House Democrat Luis Gutierrez of Chicago to press for big, bipartisan reforms, including a path to citizenship for many of the millions of immigrants here...Tags: Luis Gutierrez, Illegal Immigrants, John McCain, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Punishment
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Your Government in Action
Blogging with Bill White“Senator, you have a visitor.” “I thought I told you I didn’t want to be disturbed!” he said, sipping an old-fashioned. “It’s Ralph Frampton of the NRA.” “Holy crap, why didn’t you say so? Send... -
Congress tackles gun violence, immigration
WASHINGTON -- After a two-week spring recess, Congress returns to work on Tuesday for a make-or-break legislative sprint on two White House priorities – gun violence and immigration reform – in a session that could help define President Obama&...
Tags: Interior Policy, Barack Obama, Personal Weapon Control, Migration, Politics
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As a rising GOP star, Rubio treads a fine line on immigration
WASHINGTON — When Marco Rubio was the No. 3 Republican in the Florida House of Representatives, he worked with Democrats in 2003 to protect farmworkers from unscrupulous contractors and harmful pesticides. "My heart goes out to the workers in this...
Tags: John McCain, Migration, Politics, Elections, Tea Party Movement
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$1.73B in federal housing, economic development Sandy aid OKd
NewsdayThe federal Housing and Urban Development agency approved $1.73 billion in housing and economic development aid Friday to help rebuild New York communities heavily damaged by superstorm Sandy. About half the money -- $838 million -- will go toward...Tags: Government Aid, Andrew Cuomo, Long Beach (Nassau, New York), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Suffolk County (New York)
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House Republicans offer piecemeal approach on immigration
WASHINGTON — House Republicans announced the first in a series of immigration-related bills that would attempt to reshape the system one piece at a time, a contrast with the comprehensive approach the Senate is pursuing. The chairman of the...
Tags: Luis Gutierrez, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), John McCain, Migration, Politics
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