Bush backing seen helping immigration bill

“President George W. Bush’s fresh bid for compromise will help win U.S. Senate passage of an immigration overhaul, the bill’s backers said on Tuesday, but his vision faces a tougher election-year battle in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a rare prime-time televised address on Monday night, Bush sought to assure Republican conservatives demanding tough enforcement measures along the U.S.-Mexico border and announced he would deploy up to 6,000 National Guard troops there.”

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