COMMENT - Comprehensive immigration reform in US may be defeated by House Republicans
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10:21 31/05/2013
By Alex Owen Washington commentators are predicting that President Obama's promise to introduce sweeping immigration reform in his second term may be defeated by Republican members of Congress...
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US immigration bill is approved by Senate Judiciary Committee
9:07 28/05/2013
Comprehensive immigration reform came a step closer for the US on Tuesday when the US Senate's powerful Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 in favour of a bill that would radically alter almost every...
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US Senators debate immigration reform
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