21.   For weeks Ashcroft has suggested that immigration law prevented him from disclosing the names of the people being detained on immigration violations.

22.   Generally, the only charge ever brought was for overstaying their tourist visas, an immigration violation that previously rarely had resulted in detention.

23.   He was denied entry on technical immigration violations, including having changed his address without notifying authorities.

24.   He was arrested on an immigration violation, and now the FBI is looking at him closely, according to the Times.

25.   Immigration violations, the judge declared, would no longer be handled as they had been in the past.

26.   It is detaining a larger number on suspected immigration law violations.

27.   Like most of the detainees, Mehmood has been charged with a civil immigration violation because his visa had expired.

28.   Many are Arabs or Muslims who were picked up for questioning on immigration violations and are awaiting deportation.

29.   Many other suspected terrorists or material witnesses now in federal custody are being held on immigration violations, including visa overstays.

30.   Most are being held on unrelated immigration violations, traffic violations or charges of falsifying documents, prompting complaints from civil rights advocates and immigration lawyers.