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Government

May 24, 2007

Critics Attack Immigration Bill's Legal Aid

WASHINGTON - Critics of the immigration-reform bill working its way through Congress have attacked a proposal to provide legal-aid services for thousands of illegal agricultural workers seeking to stay in the United States.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - Critics of the immigration-reform bill working its way through Congress have attacked a proposal to provide legal-aid services for thousands of illegal agricultural workers seeking to stay in the United States.
      Under current law, the federal Legal Services Corp. is prevented from funding many services for illegal immigrants. But...

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