11.   Officials believe that the splinter group is responsible for several kidnappings, mainly of Fujianese immigrant women, during the last few years.

12.   One companion measure that did not pass was a Republican-backed bill that would have cut back on prenatal care for illegal immigrant women.

13.   Philipp called the results striking, especially in a hospital serving many minority and immigrant women who have had low rates of breast-feeding.

14.   Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, introduced a measure that would restore Medicaid health care benefits to pregnant immigrant women and children.

15.   Prosecutors said they feared that poor and immigrant women, in particular, could have been victimized in some of the schemes.

16.   So Le, like many immigrant women, began doing nails in a shop.

17.   The case continues to frustrate lawyers for immigrant women fleeing abuse, even though it was a victory on the surface.

18.   The consensus was that the immigrant women here had lost their dignity.

19.   The governor said he was mystified by Democrats who blocked the measures, including one that would have cut off prenatal care to illegal immigrant women.

20.   The language barrier is a huge impediment to securing poor welfare-dependent immigrant women a self-sufficient future, Ng said.