Transcript: Senate Gives New Life to Immigration Bill

STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
06-27-2007
Senate Gives New Life to Immigration Bill

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time 11:00-12:00 PM


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The Senate resumes debate today on the immigration bill after voting to bring it back to the floor. The measure provides a path to citizenship for the nation's 12 million undocumented workers. It also tightens border security, if it passes. But the legislative road will be anything but smooth, as NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

BRIAN NAYLOR: The 64 to 35 vote was on procedural motion, and so may have exaggerated support for the measure in the Senate. Still, those ...

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