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Immigration Reform, outside the Beltway.

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The passionate debate over illegal immigration has paralyzed both parties in point from Public Radio International, a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The passionate debate over illegal immigration has paralyzed both parties in Congress.

The Bush administration is dramatizing the issue with high-profile raids, but state and local officials are passing their own laws and rounding up immigrants. In Mississippi, it's a felony

for an undocumented worker to hold a job.

In Georgia, an immigrant was deported for fishing without a license.

On to the point, what's the economic impact on communities that crack down?

And those that don't?

Are the presidential candidates caught between Latino voters and Lou Dobbs?

On reporter's notebook later on, Guantanamo prisoners get legal rights.

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Hello again. Warman Alany, back with To the Point. Congress has dropped the ball on illegal immigration,

leading states and cities to enact new laws and round up immigrants on their own. On To the Point,

we'll hear about the impact on local business. When immigrants are driven out, where do they go?

Will the presidential candidates be able to

dodge the issue? On reporter's notebook rejecting the Bush administration for the third time,

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