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Will partisanship take a break? For immigration reform?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Many battles lie ahead for the White House in Congress, so why is their optimism about immigration reform?

Border control, employment verification, amnesty, and the right to citizenship, even the English language or potential flashpoints.

But nothing concentrates the attention like the latest election returns, which

showed growing numbers of Latino and Asian voters losing their patience. There's pressure on the

president to fulfill his promises on Republicans to catch up with a changing electorate, and

there are unexpected alliances across party lines. On reporter's notebook later on, what's the leader

of Google doing in North Korea?

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Despite all the recent dysfunction in Washington,

some Democrats and Republicans are talking compromise on immigration reform. We'll find out why

that might be less unlikely than it sounds. On reporter's notebook, the leader of Google,

Eric Schmidt, is visiting North Korea,

where the internet is more tightly restricted than any place else in the world. We'll ask what

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