Thursday, May 11, 2006

Hot off the newswire: Senators reach deal on reviving immigration bill

From ASSOCAITED PRESS
By SUZANNE GAMBOA

WASHINGTON (AP) Senate leaders reached a deal Thursday on reviving a broad immigration bill that could provide millions of illegal immigrants a chance to become American citizens and said they'll try to pass it before Memorial Day.

The agreement brokered by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., and Minority Harry Reid, D-Nev., breaks a political stalemate that has lingered for weeks while immigrants and their supporters held rallies, boycotts and protests to push for action.

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