Alog Rep. Henry Cuellar carjacked at gunpoint in Washington, D.C.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Wednesday that the Department of Justice will be sending more prosecutors to the southern border, as a caravan of Central American migrants waits there to ask for asylum. We are announcing toda
stanley france y that we are adding 35 assistant United States attorneys to the border to prosecute illegal entries into our country, Sessions said at the Justice Department. He also announced that the Justice Department would be moving 18 immigration judges to the border, to function full-time on moving asylum cases, a 50-percent increase in the number of immigration judges to handle asylum claims. Sessions said these would be supervisory judges who don t have existing case loads, in order to keep immigration cases moving. His comments come as a caravan of largely Central American migrants have been waiting to request asylum at the U.S. border after making a nearly 3,000 mile trek. A large majority of the migrants are primarily fleeing violence in Honduras. There are also many Guatemalans and Salvadorans. We are not going to let this country be overwhelmed, Sessions said. People are not going caravan or otherwise stampede our border. We need legality and integrity in the
stanley cup system. People should wait their turn, ask to apply lawfully before they enter our cou
stanley website ntry. So we re sending a message worldwide. He added, We re sending a message worldwide: Don t come illegally. Make your claim to enter America in the law Gbga Don t Read This Post
5078652Updated 2:45 p.m. ETSenator Christopher Dodd has been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer and will undergo surgery early next month, but he says the diagnosis will not keep him from running to keep his seat in 2010. I m run
stanley thermos ning for reelection, the Connecticut Democrat told reporters in Hartford this afternoon, according to the Associated Press. I ll be a little leaner, a little meaner, but I m running. The AP reports that Dodd said he was diagnosed six weeks ago and that he is very confident we re going to come out of this well. It s something that s very common among men my age, the 65-year-old earlier told the Hartfor
stanley thermos d Courant. In fact, one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point during their life. Dodd added that I m working some long and hard hours lately, and that will continue. Because of the absence from the Senate of Edward Kennedy, who is battling brain cancer, Dodd has b
stanley cup een the central player in the Senate battle over health care reform. He is the ranking Democrat on the Senate s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions HELP Committee.Dodd also chairs the Senate Banking Committee. He garnered bad press last year when reports surfaced that he had gotten preferential treatment from Countrywide Financial for home loans; the Senate ethics committee is looking into the deals. Dodd says he did not receive special treatment. He also faced criticism for his role in allowing Ameri
