Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:00 GMT Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ There will be an event on Capitol Hill this week that will tell us a lot about the future of comprehensive immigration reform. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Senate Gang of... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/05/20/immigration-fight-moves-to-the-house-with-deep-divide-n1601828 d9971b38-def9-49ef-8dad-a37804a264e4 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:00 GMT Are snowboard instructors key to American immigration policy? Well, they're important enough to be specifically included in the Senate bipartisan Gang of Eight immigration reform bill. How did that happen? The origin http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/05/14/senate-skips-details-in-rush-to-pass-immigration-bill-n1594165 73008df0-9b77-4680-bbe8-301179e8ce7b Tue, 14 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT After six months of mulling over November's election results, many Republicans remain convinced that the party's only path to future victory is to improve the GOP's appeal to Hispanic voters. But how many Hispanic... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/05/06/winning-hispanic-vote-wont-be-enough-for-gop-n1588945 ea34b613-07b4-43df-a7f9-ec55ea1d351c Mon, 06 May 2013 23:45:00 GMT Members of the Senate's bipartisan Gang of Eight stress that under their new immigration plan, currently illegal immigrants will have to wait more than a decade before achieving citizenship. Newly legalized immigrants... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/04/29/loopholes-put-many-illegal-immigrants-on-fast-track-to-citizenship-n1582260 09c6dde9-9651-4c60-8595-07b0d3c6a42f Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:35:00 GMT There's a confrontation coming between the Obama administration and Republicans in Congress over the most basic question of immigration reform: How secure is the U.S. border with Mexico? Not only does the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/04/16/new-data-on-border-crossings-could-change-immigration-debate-n1569325 19bd567a-4132-4c36-9d14-6e16bab19357 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT Passing major legislation is not a path to the presidency. So why is Sen. Marco Rubio, who is almost surely running for the 2016 Republican nomination, working so hard on comprehensive immigration reform? Look at the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/04/09/will-immigration-reform-kill-rubios-presidential-chances-n1562214 879a4753-ea9a-42ce-91ad-5288bce66a02 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:16:00 GMT Passing major legislation is not a path to the presidency. So why is Sen. Marco Rubio, who is almost surely running for the 2016 Republican nomination, working so hard on comprehensive immigration reform? Look at the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/04/08/will-immigration-reform-kill-rubios-presidential-chances-n1561736 31bc5268-48d3-414e-b360-8b8bd7a4205d Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:55:00 GMT Did you know that U.S. law forbids the admission of any immigrant who is likely to depend on public assistance? It's right there in Section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, first passed in the 1950s... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/04/01/immigration-fight-stirs-debate-over-federal-benefits-n1555013 170be551-c011-40e2-a755-88c7018de652 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 23:30:00 GMT If Congress passes comprehensive immigration reform, it will depend on the Obama administration to enforce the law. How might that work? A glimpse of the future came recently, when the House Subcommittee on Border... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/03/25/is-the-border-secure-this-administration-has-no-idea-n1548727 ea9c4793-63ad-46aa-9bfa-e9edb9ab72d0 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:32:00 GMT If there was any villain at the just-completed Conservative Political Action Conference, it was the generic figure of the Republican political consultant. Overpaid, unprincipled, always on the lookout for the next... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/03/18/dont-blame-campaign-aides-for-gops-woes-n1537670 798e2764-26bd-42ce-8684-815b10aa6dc1 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:58:00 GMT The little secret of sequestration is that the Obama administration could fix much of the problem pretty quickly. But it doesn't want to. Congress tells executive branch agencies how much money they can spend and... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/03/11/obama-resists-simple-fixes-for-sequestration-cuts-n1531476 c265b1ba-e50e-4741-b3cd-361bffc3393e Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:37:00 GMT Nine months ago, Barack Obama likened his Republican opposition to an illness. If he could just defeat Mitt Romney, Obama said, then the illness might subside. "I believe that if we're successful in this election... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/03/04/obama-vowed-to-break-gop-fever--but-have-they-broken-his-n1525876 e2a73f87-8f20-4129-b14f-875dc92b35ee Mon, 04 Mar 2013 23:53:00 GMT There's no doubt President Obama is using the so-called Washington Monument maneuver in the fight with Republicans over sequestration budget cuts. It's a time-honored tactic of bureaucratic warfare: When faced with... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/02/25/budget-hawks-question-doomsday-scenarios-n1520280 8bb84616-ad6c-4415-a5e8-9f9b986bb204 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:50:00 GMT A brief moment on February 13 showed why President Obama can't win when it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline. In front of the White House, protesters led by actress Daryl Hannah and the head of the Sierra Club demanded... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ByronYork/2013/02/19/obama-is-caught-between-friends-in-keystone-pipeline-fight-n1515838 32dc67be-8ad4-4e73-ae6a-1af256db1f74 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:12:00 GMT