Outlook Unclear for Immigration Bill, Provision on Illegal Students

By Lynn Schnaiberg

Washington

Work on a broad immigration-reform bill stalled in the Senate last week, leading to speculation about the prospects for a measure that would allow states to bar illegal-immigrant children from receiving a free public education. The counterpart House bill already includes such a provision.

And the Clinton administration issued a statement last week warning that the president would likely veto the immigration bill if such...