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President Bush's plans for a guest-worker program and amnesty for illegal immigrants riled many across the political spectrum. But has it exposed a rift within the Republican Party? A look at the economic, political, and security issues that shape the contentious debate over immigration reform.
Doris Meissner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute; and former commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
Tamara Jacoby, Senior Fellow, the Manhattan Institute; former senior writer for Newsweek
Dana Rohrbacher, Congressman, (R- California); member House Immigration Reform Caucus
Michele Waslin, Director of Immigration Policy Research, National Council of La Raza
Its long been known that dinosaurs roamed the Capitol region more than 100 million years ago. But evidence found recently in a Maryland streambed has the paleontology world excited. Hear from the amateur paleontologist who made the discovery.
Ray Stanford, amateur paleontologist
This past New Year's Day marked the end of European copyright protection for recordings made in the 1950's. A look at how this change has some American recording companies clamoring for new customs barriers and some even making deals with bootleg labels.
Christine Haight Farley, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University