31.   Federal immigration officials have ruled that Elian should be returned to his father in Cuba, a decision upheld by Reno in January.

32.   Federal immigration authorities say more than half of the illegal immigrants in the United States today entered first with legal documents, but overstayed their visas.

33.   Federal immigration laws make it a felony to knowingly conceal or harbor an illegal immigrant.

34.   He and his family will live at an undisclosed location in the Washington, D.C. area after spending a few days at Andrews, according to federal immigration officials.

35.   He may also have violated federal immigration law.

36.   Heavily guarded by New York City police officers and federal immigration officials, it is practically impossible to communicate with them or to visit their rooms.

37.   In a subsequent conversation, Flateau conceded that Vinegrad had intervened, but he added that the department now believed that federal immigration officials were at fault.

38.   Immigration lawyers and advocates for refugees point to the different treatment of cases like these as a sign that federal immigration laws are applied unevenly throughout the nation.

39.   In a court ruling so secret that their lawyers cannot read it, six Iraqis were ordered deported by a federal immigration judge.

40.   In October, a federal immigration judge prohibited the INS from deporting him to Egypt, saying he could face torture if returned to his home country.