Reyna Avila, who recently received a work permit and Social Security card under new Obama administration policy for young immigrants, is shown here at her place of work on April 2, 2013, in Phoenix. A new immigration bill includes funding to encourage new immigrants to integrate more fully with the wider community. (Ross D. Franklin/AP/File)
8:42 am ET -Proposals to help immigrants integrate into US culture take up only 30 pages in an 800-page immigration reform bill, but they are winning broad support – even among some critics of the overall legislation.
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