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Immigration talks bog down over numbers
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...
Tags: Migration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Personal Data Collection, Immigration, John McCain
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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: Republican Party, Migration, Parties and Movements, Labor Legislation, Elections
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Column: National Rifle Association winning gun battle
President Barack Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December’s schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation’s gun laws. "Shame on us if we’ve forgotten," he said. "Don’t get squishy."...Tags: Television Stations, Parties and Movements, Elections, U.S. Senate, Tom Coburn
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Michelle Obama on the Oscars: The behind-the-scenes story
On Feb. 14, a Hollywood delegation showed up at the White House. Motion Picture Academy President Hawk Koch, Oscar producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and film mogul Harvey Weinstein had come to explore a rather important matter (for them): They wanted...
Tags: Vice (movie), Entertainment Events, Movies, Steven Spielberg, Robert A. Iger
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McManus: Gun control, DOA
President Obama pleaded with Congress last week to remember the victims of December's schoolhouse shootings in Connecticut and tighten the nation's gun laws. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," he said. "Don't get squishy." But four months after the...
Tags: Television Stations, Parties and Movements, Elections, U.S. Senate, Tom Coburn
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Supervisors back immigration reform
Staff WriterImperial County backs comprehensive immigration reform, the Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday although a resolution of support is pending. A resolution of support of comprehensive immigration reform is expected however, once a bill is available. In...Tags: Juan Vargas, Migration, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, State of the Union Address
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Obama settles for half measures on gun control
For all the clamor from the White House and many in Congress to address the American scourge of gun violence, signs continue to point to a half-measure solution at best. President Barack Obama's State of the Union plea to the nation's lawmakers that the...Tags: Weaponry, Republican Party, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Parties and Movements, U.S. Senate
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Moving up the CIA ladder
CIA Director John Brennan is reportedly considering promoting an official who ran an overseas "black site" where suspected terrorists were interrogated and who was involved in the decision to destroy videotapes of waterboarding. It's an outrageous idea....
Tags: Police Investigations, Unrest, Conflicts and War, John O. Brennan, George W. Bush, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Supremes waffle on marriage equality
Over the last 40 years, I've been involved in a lot of political battles for a lot of different causes: workers' rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmental protection, anti-war, anti-nuclear power, anti-urban sprawl, animal rights, gun control,...
Tags: Mark Begich, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Politics, Minority Groups
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Our View: Senators' support could bring funding to port
We’re more than willing to listen to any idea regarding how to make our nation’s ports of entry more efficient. When an idea involves one of our local ports and public-private partnerships, our level of interest skyrockets. A public-...Tags: Juan Vargas, Migration, John Cornyn, Henry Cuellar, Politics
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City Council Meeting Wrap-Up
The following is from the March 19 City Council meeting. All council members were present. * EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS Mayor Kelly Boyd presented a proclamation declaring April as Donate Life California Month in Laguna Beach to Marisa Garcia, ambassador...Tags: Federal Aviation Administration, Local Government, Human Interest, Dana Rohrabacher, Environmental Politics
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Congressman brings common sense to gun control debate
SACRAMENTO — As the national firearms debate reaches a crescendo, a Northern California congressman is proving that you can be both a gun lover and a gun controller. Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena, a moderate "blue dog" Democrat who represents...
Tags: Weaponry, U.S. Supreme Court, Substance Abuse, Elections, Rentals
Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 8, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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Feb 25, 2013
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Apr 3, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Apr 3, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 18, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Mar 29, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Mar 29, 2013
|Story| Imperial Valley Press Online
Mar 27, 2013
|Story| Coastline Pilot
Mar 27, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
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