Bush Plan to be Outlined This Week

Aftermonths of delay, the Bush administration is expected to outline its latestplans for an immigration overhaul when two of the president’s Cabinetsecretaries testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.

HomelandSecurity Secretary Michael Chertoff and Labor Secretary Elaine Chao are scheduledto be the lead-off witnesses Tuesday as the committee considers comprehensivemeasures to control undocumented migration and toughen border security. They are expected to set forth the Bush guestworker proposal that has been discussed since January, 2004.

Thetwo administration officials were scheduled to appear before the committee inJuly but inexplicably canceled with little advance notice, angering severalmembers of the panel, including Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa..

Source: Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, Oct. 17, 2005
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