Immigration Bill Includes Amnesty for Illegals, Critics Say

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-6 Monday to pass an immigration and border security bill that would give 12 million illegal aliens a shot at U.S. citizenship without returning home first.

The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate, where Majority Leader Bill Frist opposes it and may advance his own bill instead. Moreover, any bill allowing "earned legalization" will face strong opposition in the House of Representatives, which passed a bill in December making illegal immigration a felony.

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