Frist sets date for debate on immigration

“Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says an immigration reform bill will be on the Senate floor later this month, forcing debate on the issue of a guest worker program that has divided Republicans and put President Bush at odds with some congressional colleagues.

Frist’s intent to move forward on the powerful election-year issue came despite lack of progress in the committee writing the bill. The Judiciary Committee hasn’t decided how to create a temporary worker program that does not open the door to amnesty for the nation’s 11 million illegal immigrants.”

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