U.S. probably won't see immigration compromise this year, Hagel says

[Omaha Steve]

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Published Tuesday
August 8, 2006

U.S. probably won't see immigration compromise this year, Hagel says

BY CINDY GONZALEZ

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

It's unlikely that Americans will see comprehensive immigration legislation approved by Congress this year, Sen. Chuck Hagel said Monday.


Sen. Chuck Hagel

"That is a tragedy," Hagel said. "We need to fix the problem."

The Nebraska Republican helped craft the Senate immigration bill. It includes a path to legalization for many of the 12 million illegal immigrants already in the country, a guest worker program and stricter border enforcement.

But the U.S. House approved an enforcement-focused bill, and lawmakers have yet to work out differences between the two measures.

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[DRoseDARs]

1. Well duh. Bloody hell, how many decades have we been at this?

:eyes:

[Acadia Blue]

2. Hagel sometimes says intelligent things but never votes the way

he talks. He talks against the monekey but always supports monkey puppet with his votes.