After Boston, Immigration Reformers Shift Tactics

Responding to criticism, Durbin says amnesty would make America safer
Sen. Dick Durbin / AP

The Senate architects of a bipartisan immigration reform that would put 11 to 12 million illegal aliens on the path to U.S. citizenship shifted tactics on Sunday, arguing in light of the Boston Marathon bombing that revamping American immigration laws would make the homeland more secure.

Menendez Watch

The latest developments in the Menendez-Melgen scandal
AP

Sen. Bob Menendez (D., N.J.) contacted the Department of Homeland Security last month to discourage a proposal in which the United States government would provide the Dominican Republic with equipment for port security.