December 7, 2007

Educational Benefits for Illegal Immigrants Are a Hot Presidential-Campaign Topic

By Sara Hebel

The questions of what to do about the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States and how much public aid they should receive for education have ignited fierce debate in the presidential campaign, especially among the Republican contenders.

With Congress having failed this summer to pass legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration laws, the contentious issue has been kicked to the campaign trail.

There the debate over illegal

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