Bills could swell legal immigration.

From: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) | Date: March 31, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Michelle Mittelstadt and Sudeep Reddy

WASHINGTON _ From the corridors of Capitol Hill to cities across the U.S., people are passionately debating immigration _ at least the illegal part. Almost entirely unnoticed is that the Senate may be poised to hike legal immigration in dramatic fashion.

Some estimate that bills pending in the Senate could double the nearly 1 million green cards handed out yearly, granting legal permanent residence.

The...

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