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Immigration rising to top of U.S. agenda

Originally published: January 26, 2013 8:24 PM
Updated: January 26, 2013 9:44 PM
By VÍCTOR MANUEL RAMOS victor.ramos@newsday.com

Photo credit: Newsday / Karen Wiles Stabile | Delilah Hernandez with Community for Brentwood, holds signs at a rally outside Sen. Charles Schumer's office n Melville. (Jan. 22, 2013)

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Immigration reform -- one of the country's most contentious policy issues -- is rising to the top of the national agenda as proposed changes start to take shape in Congress.

The discussion will resonate on Long Island and other locales where population growth spurred by immigrants has fanned tensions over policing, housing and the unlawful employment of undocumented workers.

Sen. Charles...

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