1.   Many of them fled to neighbouring parishes where the manorial structure was far weaker and poor immigrants were not prevented from setting up home.

2.   At the same time, the bill contains no serious steps to prevent illegal immigrants from taking American jobs.

3.   At the same time, the company is facing higher costs as it tries to prevent illegal immigrants from hiding on trains bound for Britain.

4.   Congress approved the new regulation to prevent illegal immigrants from slipping into the country by demanding a hearing and then disappearing within the United States before their trial date.

5.   Doris Meissner, the commissioner of immigration and naturalization, issued a set of sweeping safeguards to prevent immigrants with criminal records from becoming citizens.

6.   For example, the State Directory of New Hires, a pilot program operating in five states, is intended to prevent illegal immigrants from working.

7.   Irish law prevents the immigrants from working until their applications for asylum have been processed, which frequently takes as long as six months.

8.   Jiang, an engineer at Lam Research in Fremont, said the INS should streamline the process to prevent skilled immigrants from getting kicked out of the country.

9.   Stricter controls are needed to prevent immigrants from becoming dependent on the government, a Senate subcommittee forwarding immigration legislation suggests Tuesday.

10.   The AFL-CIO has concluded that the best way to prevent immigrants from undercutting American wages is to grant them legal status and unionize them.