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Summary: January, 2006: The House just passed the toughest anti-amnesty, enforcement-only bill in history. Finally the Senate tackles immigration reform, and a markup begins. Millions of people take to the ...

January, 2006: The House just passed the toughest anti-amnesty, enforcement-only bill in history. Finally the Senate tackles immigration reform, and a markup begins. Millions of people take to the streets, and at last a bi-partisan Kennedy-McCain bill goes to the Senate floor. But leaders in both parties seem to want an election issue, not a bill. Advocates smell a double-cross, and go public with an attack. Public pressure gets the bill back to the floor ...