The move, likely early next year according to House Republican leadership aides, may lead to other steps the House of Representatives could contemplate repairing parts of a broken immigration law.
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When legislation materializes, it would follow a year and half of congressional inactivity in the aftermath of passage of a sprawling Senate bill backed by Obama but killed by the House.
Even so, the measure likely would face hurdles given the deep divisions in Congress over immigration.
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