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WASHINGTON ? Hours after a massive immigration bill collapsed in the Senate, lawmakers and lobbyists began seeking ways to pass bits and pieces of the measure important to their constituents.

A priority for many farm groups is the "Ag jobs" component, one of several programs now needing a new legislative vehicle. It would legalize about 1 million undocumented agricultural workers in the U.S., a key goal of growers whose crops can rot in the fields if not harvested at key times by people willing to work hard at low wages.

The program is considered relatively popular, as is another piece of the stalled bill: the DREAM Act, or Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. It would create a path to legality for illegal immigrants planning to attend college or join the military and who came to the United States with their families before they turned 16.

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The six senators seeking the White House can talk the talk.

Voting the vote is not so easy.

Every four years, the allure of presidential politics tends to

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The hottest political issue in America today is "illegal immigration." America is a nation built on immigration, not illegal immigration. Right now, America is a nation with open borders and with no control over the illegal criminal entries. Why do the executive and legislative leaders in Washington fail to get it?It is very simple. As for me, what Americans are demanding on immigration legislation includes, but is not necessarily limited to:1. Seal the border! Hire new Border Patrols; take the...

2. Build the fence at the border as authorized and financed by our US Congress in 2006.3. Require illegal immigrants to register as an "illegal immigrant" with required US Government agencies, return to their native countries to receive a travel visa, and return to America if they wish. Then, if they do not have a criminal record, ascertain a "valid" Green Card, and register to obtain a "valid" Social Security card. Illegals with a criminal record shall be rejected and shall not be allowed to ...

4. Require illegal immigrants

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Joe Sitton, flush-faced and dripping sweat, squeezes into a chair at the U-shaped counter of the Fauquier Livestock Exchange Grill near Marshall.

Brandon Pennington, his 22-year-old apprentice farrier, and Tom Williams, a 43-year-old career Loudoun firefighter and part-time farmer, flank him.

Sitton, who has forearms like ham hocks, pushes a grimy ball cap to the back of his head and gripes about the weather.

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The billionaire media mogul, who declared himself an independent last week, furthering speculation about his presidential ambitions, did not disclose the surgery in 2000 to have two coronary arterial stents inserted to relieve blockage in his heart. It was first reported by Newsweek this week and confirmed Thursday by his spokesman, Stu Loeser.

Bloomberg, 65, is now said to be in excellent shape. He has long been interested in public health, pushing for citywide bans on trans fats and smoking and donating millions of dollars to medical research and health causes. Before his election in 2001, Bloomberg was chairman of the board at Johns Hopkins University, his alma mater, where the school of public health bears his name.

But Bloomberg never mentioned his heart trouble. He has said he takes an aspirin each day, often notes that he smoked long ago and frequently jokes about watching his waistline.

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