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10:00Immigration Point System

The immigration bill being debated in the Senate would overhaul the system for selecting new immigrants. A controversial point system would reward immigrants based on education and job skills over family ties.

Guests

Robert Hoffman, vice president of congressional and legislative affairs, Oracle Corporation; co-chair, Compete America

Robert Rector, senior research fellow, Heritage Foundation

Brent Wilkes, national executive director, League of United Latin American Citizens

11:00Barbara Bisantz Raymond: "The Baby Thief" (Carroll & Graf)

One hundred years ago adoption as we know it today did not exist in America. A social worker in Memphis, Tennessee changed that. But her tactics were cruel, abusive and self-serving. How Georgia Tann changed adoption - for the good and for the bad.

Guests

Barbara Bisantz Raymond, writer whose work has appeared in "Good Housekeeping," "Ladies' Home Journal," "Redbook," "McCall's," "Parents," "Reader's Digest," "Working Mother," "Writer's Digest," and "USA Today."

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