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A heads-up for those who fret about the border wars: A pair of heavyweights will duke out the finer points of immigration. Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, and Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, encounter one another on Thursday, each bolstered with distinct ideas and much mettle. The contenders are an interesting match; perhaps they will articulate a few good talking points for a Republican Party in search of productive immigration policy. Well, maybe. Mr. Norquist says more immigration and a viable pathway for illegals will boost the economy, and makes for good politics. Mr. Stein supports limits on immigration and amnesty to protect American jobs and tax payer burdens.

Flooding the labor market with millions of low-skilled, government dependent workers is the antithesis of economic growth and a recipe for the erosion of the middle class, he says.

Norquist and Stein are the two intellectual heavyweights at the epicenter of the immigration debate, says John Solomon, editor and vice president for content and business development for The Times, which is jointly presenting the event with the two interest groups. This debate promises conflict and common ground and will be illuminating to all who follow the issue.

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Things could get fierce. Stephen Dinan Washington Times political editor, and a reporter with keen insight into immigration will moderate whats now billed as an unprecedented forum at the august Capitol Hill Club, in the very shadow of the U.S. Capitol. More to come, folks.

MR. LAUDER COMES TO CALL

The World Jewish Congress will be in the nations capitol this week and there will be a meeting of two congresses. On hand: Ronald S. Lauder, president of the 79-year-old nonpartisan organization which represents Jewish communities in a 100 nations. Mr. Lauder testifies Tuesday before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights regarding rising anti-Semitism in Europe, and quite possibly, the Obama administrations response to it. Attacks on Mideast Christians will also be part of the discussion. Accompanying Mr. Lauder: Roger Cukierman, president of the Representative Council of Jewish Institutions of France, and Dan Rosenberg Asmussen, president of the Danish Jewish community. See a live video broadcast at 2:30 p.m. ET here: ForeignAffairs.house.gov.

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Mr. Lauder, who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to Austria during the Reagan administration, will also address an audience at Georgetown University on Wednesday, again to draw attention to persistent anti-Semitism.

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