11.   In the Dominican Republic, the committee called on the government to legalize the status of laborers from Haiti who work in the sugar cane fields.

12.   Mayor Oreja said that illegal immigrants would no longer be able to legalize their status without first leaving Spain.

13.   Rojas told reporters the government would help her legalize her status and suggested she might be given refugee status.

14.   The immigrants, mostly Chinese women and their young children, had demanded negotiations to legalize their status in France.

15.   The Vatican signed an accord Thursday formally legalizing the status of the Roman Catholic Church in Kazakstan, hailing it as a model for other countries.

16.   The Vatican signed an accord Thursday formally legalizing the status of the Roman Catholic church in Kazakhstan, hailing it as a model for other countries.