3/24/2004

Congress takes Bush to task for failing to make substantive moves towards any kind of immigration reform - including the deeply problematic one he proposed in January: Administration officials told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at a hearing on Tuesday that the president was unlikely to back any other immigration bills pending in Congress, including bipartisan legislation intended to provide legal status to some illegal farm workers and certain groups of students. Among those expressing frustration at the lack of progress were Senators Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, John McCain of Arizona and Larry E. Craig of Idaho, all Republicans, and Senators Christopher J. Dodd of Connecticut, Richard J. Durbin of Illinois and Barbara Boxer of California, all Democrats. They warned that the session would probably end without the passage of any significant immigration legislation unless prompt action was taken.

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