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Monday January 10, 2005

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Week of January 10, 2005

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12:06Immigration Reform

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.

Guests

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

13:06Dinosaurs in Maryland

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.

Guests

Ray Stanford, amateur paleontologist

13:32European Copyrights

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.

Guests

Christine Haight Farley, Assistant Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University

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