By The Associated Press

With federal authorities stepping up immigration enforcement raids across the country, Democratic U.S. Sens. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Robert Menendez of New Jersey have sponsored a bill to protect the rights of U.S. citizens and legal residents who get caught up in them.

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