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  • House, Senate may have immigration deal

    05/02/2005 7:54:15 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 21 replies · 641+ views
    AP/News Sentinel ^ | May 2, 2005 | SUZANNE GAMBOA
    WASHINGTON - Senate negotiators on Monday accepted a House plan to make states verify that driver's license applicants are U.S. citizens or legal immigrants but softened House-proposed changes in asylum laws. The immigration measures are part of a bill to pay for continuing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Still unresolved was how much more money to spend on border security. Congressional aides, speaking on condition of anonymity, said negotiators are still apart on provisions that would devote $4 million each to a Fire Science Academy in Elko, Nev., and environment cleanup of a former Energy Department site in New...