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Reid Sets Immigration Bill Debate (Firm Deadline) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828948/posts INFO: HR 1645 H.R.1645 Title: To provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (66) Latest Major Action: 3/22/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01645:@@@P Shows all Sponsoring Congressmen/Congresswomen ------------------------------------------------------------------ NUMBERS USA analysis of HR 1645 http://www.numbersusa.com/hottopic/congress.html Gutierrez/Flake Introduce...

More than anything, she wants to go to college. But as an illegal immigrant with a longstanding deportation order, May has little access to financial aid. If she scrapes the tuition together, there are no guarantees she will be allowed to stay in the country. Even with a college degree, she wonders, what kind of job can an undocumented worker get? "I'm not a slacker," said May, 17, who, like other students in this story, declined to use her full name for fear of being deported. "I try to go out there and make things happen, but doors close in...