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<p>President Bush (news - web sites) will propose immigration law changes to allow workers from Mexico to enter the United States if they have jobs waiting for them, officials said Monday in previewing an election-year measure intended to bolster support among Hispanic voters.</p>

House Vote Expected on Bill to Extend Employment Verification Program Call Your Representatives and Urge Them to Vote for S. 1685 Please call your representatives right away and urge them to vote for S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Program Extension and Expansion Act of 2003, introduced by Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA). Without this legislation, we will lose the only employment verification program operated by the federal government to prevent employers from hiring illegal aliens! On Nov. 12, the Senate approved S. 1685 by unanimous consent. This bill now heads to the House floor for consideration and is expected to be...

A controversial German immigration law designed to bring in thousands of skilled foreign workers has been struck down by the country's highest court. The supreme court ruled in favour of a group of conservative-led states, which had argued that the bill passed through parliament illegally. The bill had been due to come into force in two weeks' time. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrat-led government introduced the law in an attempt to fill major skills shortages in the German labour market. The court's decision is a blow for Mr Schroeder's government, which had hoped that the bill would prove its first...

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - A Republican congressman says he will force the House to take a recorded vote on a plan to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens currently living in the United States. In an exclusive interview with CNSNews.com, Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) said he will block a plan that would allow the House to extend the quot;245iquot; provision of U.S. immigration law without members publicly stating their position on the issue. quot;It's going to be a recorded vote, absolutely, because I'm going to call for a recorded vote,quot; he said. The amnesty extension is set to be...