Battle over immigration bill starts in Congress
By Caren Bohan and Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Congress this week opens its first debate in six years on a comprehensive immigration reform bill, testing whether business and labor groups can hold together on a delicately crafted deal that already is under attack. For 11 million illegal residents, the legislation in the Senate is their best hope of removing the threat of deportation and charting a path to eventual U. S. citizenship after a major push in Congress to reform a 1986 law died in 2007. . . .
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