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Is immigration reform likely to happen now?

Nov 23rd, 2012
by Charles Kuffner.
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With President Obama’s victory powered in part by overwhelming support from Latino voters, and a dawning if grudging recognition from the GOP that they can’t continue to alienate this growing segment of the electorate, some kind of deal on immigration reform seems increasingly likely. I still have my doubts, however. Prominent voices in both parties [...]

Bye-bye, border fence

Jan 20th, 2011
by Charles Kuffner.
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Long overdue. The Obama administration on Friday canceled the long-troubled, high-tech invisible fence project along the U.S.-Mexico border, ending a five-year, $1 billion pilot program that President George W. Bush envisioned as stretching along most of the 1,969-mile border. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano briefed key members of Congress on the decision, which she telegraphed [...]

Bye bye, border fence funds

Oct 12th, 2009
by Charles Kuffner.
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Good riddance. A provision to build an additional 300 miles of pedestrian fence along the U.S.-Mexico border has been stripped out of a $42.8 billion spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The provision by Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., was removed at the behest of House members from Texas, Arizona and California who called [...]