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OTTAWA -- Two of the major issues that will be addressed during a two-day summit between President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico were spotlighted in news outlets this morning -- the war on terror and illegal immigration.


The death of a Canadian soldier in Afghanistan yesterday -- Pvt. Simon Longtin -- was all over the Canadian newspapers and morning TV shows.


Mr. Bush will thank Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for his commitment of 2,500 Canadian troops to Afghanistan through February 2009. But antiwar protests by Canadians in the resort town of Montebello, 50 miles east of Ottawa, are expected to be large.


In addition, any news outlets this morning reported the arrest and deportation of Elvira Arellano in Los Angeles. An illegal alien, Ms. Arellano had taken sanctuary in a Chicago church for a year and had become an immigration activist.


Mr. Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon are expected to discuss immigration issues. The U.S. president's immigration reform plan was defeated in Congress this summer.


<-- Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times

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