Winter, 2003: As the new Congress begins, a lot of people seem to have ideas about an immigration bill. For pro-immigration advocates, the best bet remains Kennedy's plan. But across the Hill in the House, young staffers for two Republican congressmen from Arizona are quietly crafting a guestworker bill with a path to citizenship. Kennedy's counsel Esther isn't too worried as long as their bill is Republican-only, but once her rivals begin courting...

Summer 2002: Once the Border Security Bill is law, Kennedy and Brownback are eager to move back to immigration, but the fight over creation of a Department of Homeland Security eats up the summer. Republicans win the Senate by a landslide in November midterms, and will dominate committees in the next Congress. But immigration is not playing well in Kansas and Brownback is up for reelection. Will one of the Senate's most compassionate advocates decide...

Spring 2002: Security becomes the national focus. A Border Security Bill must precede immigration reform, but there's a mysterious hold-up in Congress. One Senator is at the bottom of the delay—Appropriations Chairman Robert Byrd, Kennedy’s most feared colleague. Then the White House proposes a small, immigrant-friendly provision be added to the same stalled bill. The unexpected detour creates more trouble every day it lasts. Senator Byrd holds...

October, 2003: High school students stage a mock graduation ceremony on the Capitol lawn. Next day, the DREAM Act gets a chance. Because it's a small bipartisan bill to help kids, supporters are optimistic. But anti-immigrant groups see it as "amnesty for illegals." The Senate Judiciary Committee markup is heated and long. Finally an amended version is recommended for full Senate debate - but what exactly did Senators agree on in the confusion of...

Fall, 2003: Esther, Senator Kennedy's Immigration Counsel, has plenty of reasons to worry. She's got eight weeks to accomplish a small miracle: get business and labor to agree on a comprehensive immigration deal, and find a Republican to co-sponsor it in the Senate. Driving cross-country, the Immigrant Worker Freedom Ride buses are coming to lobby Congress, creating a very public impression that unions support Kennedy. But Esther learns forces inside...

The United States entered World War II after a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. U.S. officials feared that Japanese Americans would betray their country and help Japan. Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans were taken from their homes and moved into relocation centers, which some viewed as concentration camps. The internees, backed by many other Americans, believed that their fundamental rights as U.S. citizens had been denied. Years...

"Author Angela Correll is under a deadline to finish her second book, anxiously approaching her fiftieth birthday, and still reeling from a string of painful losses when she and her husband follow a dream and buy an ancient villa in the heart of Tuscany. Angela soon realizes that her dream home needs more than a little TLC--this is a full-scale renovation that will stretch her patience (and budget) to the limit. Follow Angela's journey as she restores...

The life of Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the most remarkable success stories in the U.S. Here is a young man from an Austrian village who became the greatest bodybuilder in history, a behemoth who even today in retirement is the dominating figure in the sport. Here is an immigrant with a heavy accent and a four syllable last name, who marries a Kennedy princess and becomes the number one movie star in the world, an icon known and celebrated everywhere....

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"Ten-year-old Abby Ramirez, who is on the autism spectrum, has her hands full when an anxious German shepherd, Destiny, shows up at the Second Chance Ranch animal rescue. While Abby helps Destiny learn to trust people again, Abby has to learn to overcome old habits of her own"--