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Is a 'Border Surge' Bad for Business at the Border?
In the Senate, immigration reform links "a path to citizenship" to massive spending on border security. Why do those on the border call it a waste of billions of dollars?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe Senate's immigration reform bill links "a path to citizenship" for undocumented workers to massive spending on border security. Why do people who live on the border call it a waste of billions of dollars? We look at potential alternatives. Also, a Russian anti-Putin activist is sentenced to five years in prison, On today's Talking Point, can the Administration sell Obama care the same way it sold Obama?
Banner image" The towns of Nogales, Arizona (L) and Nogales, Mexico stand separated by a high concrete and steel fence. Photo: Sgt. 1st Class Gordon Hyde/US Army
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3 storiesFive Years in Jail for Russian Anti-Putin Activist
Russia's most popular dissident, Alexei Navalny, has called President Vladimir Putin the country's "main thief." Today, he was sentenced to five years in prison for embezzlement and removed from the courtroom in handcuffs. That led to protests on the streets of Moscow, where Miriam Elder reports for the Guardian .
Read the story8 minImmigration Reform and Border Security
The Senate's version of immigration reform would create the most militarized border "since the fall of the Berlin Wall," according to Senator John McCain. But mayors, sheriffs and others who live on the border say they don't need more helicopters, drones, watchtowers — or a doubling of the Border Patrol.
Read the story36 minCan Campaign Pollsters Sell Obamacare to Young Adults?
Strategists successfully used Big Data to micro-target the young people who helped elect and re-elect President Obama. Now those same strategists are using the same technology with a new goal: getting young people to buy heath insurance.
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