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How The Boston Marathon Bombing Is Scrambling The Immigration Reform Debate
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Like it or not, the Boston marathon bombing and its two foreign-born suspects have become an unavoidable topic in the immigration debate, prompting strong reactions from reform opponents, supporters, and everyone in between.
Nowhere was the tension greater than in the Senate's second hearing on the "Gang of 8" immigration bill Wednesday, where lawmakers clashed over whether it was fair to draw lessons from the Boston attack in crafting reform and, if so, what policy response was needed.
Topics: Boston, Boston Marathon, Chuck Grassley, Chuck Schumer, Immigration, Immigration Reform, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul
Chuck Grassley
GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers From Napolitano On Freed 'Criminal Aliens'
Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on comprehensive immigration reform. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Top Republican lawmakers are pushing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to account for immigration authorities' decision to free hundreds of detainees ahead of upcoming sequester cuts.
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