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Senators tighten student visa rules in immigration bill

2013-05-14 20:57:00

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...

Florida defection costs GOP another Latino leader

2013-05-14 16:12:00

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...

Social Security boosted by immigration bill, chief actuary says

2013-05-08 15:51:00

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’...

Immigration reform divides Republicans

2013-05-08 18:37:00

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...

Boomers need immigrants

2013-05-12 00:00:00

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...

Debate over amnesty looms over efforts to reform immigration laws

2013-05-12 17:17:00

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...

GOP fights itself over immigration reform

2013-05-08 06:00:00

Over the last few years the Republican Party has campaigned hard against comprehensive immigration reform and in favor of tougher internal enforcement and beefed-up security along the U.S. border with Mexico. Now the GOP leadership is hoping to persuade...

Heritage Foundation study says immigration reform would be costly

2013-05-06 17:12:00

WASHINGTON -- A conservative think tank said Monday that immigration reform would be costly to taxpayers -- the latest in a growing, but contradictory, body of research on the costs and benefits of providing a path to citizenship for those living in...

Obama golfs with GOP senators

2013-05-06 14:10:00

WASHINGTON -- On the first green, President Obama put his arm around Sen. Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican. He shared his golf cart with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Republican from Georgia. Obama hasn’t had much luck schmoozing GOP lawmakers in...

For South Korea, no respect, no Kaesong

2013-04-30 00:00:00

It's time for South Korea to face facts: The Kaesong experiment has failed. The ideologically motivated joint business venture with North Korea known as the Kaesong industrial complex is not economically viable, nor has it achieved any of its political...

Jim DeMint: Still wrong on online sales taxes

2013-04-20 07:00:00

When he was a senator representing South Carolina, Jim DeMint argued that collecting sales taxes on Internet purchases was an impermissible form of taxation without representation. He's continuing this meme in his new role as head of the Heritage...

Immigration talks bog down over numbers

2013-04-09 20:14:00

WASHINGTON — Senate negotiations to overhaul the nation's immigration laws have stumbled over the hiring of half a million migrant farmworkers each year — an issue that is crucial for California's vast agricultural industry, which employs more...

Steven Bucci, Senior Research Fellow for Defense and Homeland Security at The Heritage Foundation, speaks about the ethics of surveillance during the Fourth Annual Workshop on Intelligence and National Security at Christopher Newport University on Tuesday.

2013-01-29 13:40:00

Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, shown addressing a rally organized by Americans for Progress in November 2010, has announced he is leaving Congress in January to lead the Heritage Foundation.

2012-12-07 17:03:00

In a sign of the shifting centers of power in Washington, Jim DeMint gave up a seat in the U.S. Senate to take over the conservative Heritage Foundation. Of course, it would be hard for him to accomplish less as a former senator than he did as a sitting one.

2012-12-03 00:00:00