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The Immigration Bill
President Bush has embraced yesterday’s bi-partisan compromise on immigration reform. It appeals to both the Right and the Left as a way to secure America’s borders and to to bring 12 million people out of the shadows. However, there's opposition from both ends of the political spectrum. Also, Paul Wolfowitz’s forced resignation: how big a slap is it to the United States?
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush has embraced yesterday’s bi-partisan compromise on immigration reform. It appeals to both the Right and the Left as a way to secure America’s borders and to to bring 12 million people out of the shadows. However, there's opposition from both ends of the political spectrum. Also, Paul Wolfowitz’s forced resignation: how big a slap is it to the United States?
In this episode
2 storiesThe Immigration Bill
Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy and Arizona Republican John Kyl are as far apart as it gets on the US Senate’s political spectrum, but they’ve both signed off on what President Bush calls “comprehensive immigration reform.” Can immigration reform succeed in the midst of the presidential primary campaigns?
Read the story29 minThe Wolfowitz Resignation
The flap over Paul Wolfowitz has raised the political profile of the World Bank in a way that appears to have damaged the institution itself as well as Wolfowitz’s reputation.
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