11.   Legal immigrants say the card, which has been available for years, helps avoid hassles on trips back to Mexico.

12.   Many Afghan immigrants here say they despise the Taliban government for its iron-fist rule.

13.   Many immigrants said that while competition for jobs was already fierce, they were increasingly worried about how tighter immigration laws would affect them.

14.   Many Haitian immigrants say the march is a bold step toward Haitian unity and self-reliance in a climate of racial tension, mistrust and stringent anti-immigrant legislation.

15.   Other immigrants said they respected him because they had heard he stood up for his fellow Italian-Americans.

16.   The demise of the steel industry, blamed largely on overseas competition, has left many Pittsburghers wary of new foreigners, immigrants here say.

17.   The immigrants say their protest is part of their larger agenda to end all interaction between the United States and Vietnam.

18.   The Russian immigrant said Kurchak was depressed but not out of his wits.

19.   There, six immigrants say they were shot at, detained and beaten by two men, though the charges were never substantiated.

20.   Young immigrants say they come to New York for a few years of freedom after finishing school and before establishing careers.