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U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) speaks to voters at the Heritage Action Presidential Candidate Forum September 18, 2015 in Greenville, South Carolina. Eleven republican candidates each had twenty five minutes to talk to voters Friday at the Bons Secours Wellness arena in the upstate of South Carolina. (Photo by

Rand Paul: Marco Rubio Opposed Extra Scrutiny on Foreign Visas that Will ‘Keep the Country Safe’

GOP presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced his plan to introduce legislation that would halt the United States from taking in more refugees from Syria, but during his announcement detailing his legislation, he stressed how his competitor GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) opposed heighted scrutiny on foreign visas in the past.

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FLASHBACK: Jeb Bush Admitted ‘Leaky’ Immigration Led to 9/11

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s campaign is furious with 2016 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump over Trump’s comments that the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened on Bush’s brother former President George W. Bush’s watch. But a review of the basic facts of the situation—and Jeb Bush’s own writings— reveals that even the Bushes admit that “leaky” immigration enforcement was a major driving factor in leading to the terrorist attacks.

New Jersey Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Chris Christie arrives at Chabad House at Rutgers University to express his opposition to President Obama's Iran deal on August 25, 2015 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Christie also encouraged U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) to oppose the deal. (Photo by

Exclusive: Chris Christie Campaign Defends Immigration Visa Reform

“At any moment, FedEx can tell you where that package is. It’s on the truck. It’s at the station. It’s on the airplane,” Christie said during a town hall event in New Hampshire. “Yet we let people come to this country with visas, and the minute they come in, we lose track of them.” The idea sent journalists in a tizzy, as some even compared it to the U.S. government internment of Japanese Americans in World War II. The campaign insists that Christie’s comments were more about the principal of using modern technology to solve government problems.