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Consideration of immigration plan likely to be pushed back by debate on high court nominee.
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn's long-awaited immigration bill, introduced Tuesday, would create a guest worker program and require illegal immigrants already in the U.S. to leave within five years before they can legally return.
Cornyn and his co-author, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., unveiled the bill, saying it reflects much of what President Bush wants to see in a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws.
But the White House has not come out in support of Cornyn's measure, which could cost more than $12 billion, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has said it could be 12 months before the Senate, which will be consumed by John G. Roberts' appointment to the Supreme Court, could consider it.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/nation/3273559
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Cornyn's long-awaited immigration bill, introduced Tuesday, would create a guest worker program and require illegal immigrants already in the U.S. to leave within five years before they can legally return.
Cornyn and his co-author, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., unveiled the bill, saying it reflects much of what President Bush wants to see in a comprehensive overhaul of immigration laws.
But the White House has not come out in support of Cornyn's measure, which could cost more than $12 billion, and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has said it could be 12 months before the Senate, which will be consumed by John G. Roberts' appointment to the Supreme Court, could consider it.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/printstory.mpl/nation/3273559
