In the past few weeks, senior Bush Administration officials along with Senate Republicans and Democrats have reached what's been toted as a"compromise"� immigration reform bill. This week, as the Senate is on recess, President Bush is making a push in support of the bill, hoping it will pass muster in the Senate, and eventually pass during his Presidency. We will talk to CATHI TACTAQUIN about the bill and the state of play in the legislative process

Thousands of immigrants perceived to be Muslim, Arab, and South Asian are in limbo as the federal government subjects their naturalization applications to indefinite security checks. The NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice recently issued a report entitled "Americans on Hold: Profiling, Citizenship, and the 'War on Terror'"� examining the realities that FBI security checks pose for many South Asian, Arab, Middle Eastern, and Muslim individuals who have applied for American citizenship. We will talk to JAYNE HUCKERBY about the relationship between citizenship and the war on terrorism, and the impact of the naturalization delays on immigrant communities.

As deportations of undocumented immigrants continue to rise at an alarming rate and the Senate debates immigration legislation, religious congregations around the country have taken it upon themselves to provide assistance and shelter to immigrants who are facing deportation. We'll hear from ELEN YAROSHEFSKY about the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s and talk to ANGAD BHALLA about the rising sanctuary movement today in New York City.