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The Immigration Debate [multiple audio clips]

This is NPR's microsite for multiple stories, articles and links on President Bush's call to deploy National Guard troops to tighten border security and Congress's debate of the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. immigration law in two decades. The Senate's plan includes a guest-worker program and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country. A House measure is far less forgiving.
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