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Dec 17, 2014

End game: No immigration deal, just divisions

A Congress that began with bright hopes for immigration legislation is ending in bitter divisions on the issue even as some Republicans warn that the political imperative for acting is stronger than ever for the GOP.

Oct 30, 2013

Arizona business groups in Washington lobby for immigration reform

Arizona business leaders were in Washington to lobby the state’s congressional delegation on immigration reform Tuesday, just the latest in a string of groups trying to pressure Congress on the issue.

Oct 29, 2013

Immigration bill’s fate murky on eve of lobbying

WASHINGTON (AP) ai??i?? Prospects for comprehensive immigration legislation this year grew murkier on the eve of an all-out push by a coalition of business, religious and law enforcement to convince the House to overhaul the decades-old system.

Oct 23, 2013

McCain considering running again for Senate

Republican Sen. John McCain says he's considering running for a sixth term in 2016, the year he turns 80.

In testimony to a House committee in July, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano defended her department’s policy to exercise “discretion” when deciding whether to deport younger, low-risk undocumented immigrants. (Cronkite News Service photo by Meghan McCarthy)
Feb 5, 2013

Few Arizonans applying for deferred deportation program

Only 14,069 of the estimated 80,000 Arizonans eligible for deferred deportation had applied for the federal program through its first six months, a rate much lower than the nation as a whole.

Republican Sen. John McCain (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Jan 30, 2013

McCain: Immigration reform failure would cost GOP

Sen. John McCain is warning fellow Republicans that failure to pass comprehensive immigration legislation could mean continued election losses for the GOP, as Republican-friendly states like Arizona fall to the Democrats.

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