31.   They are here for the same reason so many other immigrants came to America, leaving their families behind.

32.   Those pillars of old Australia might be losing their hold, though, as immigrants come ashore in huge numbers.

33.   U.S. support allowed the Vietnamese immigrants to come here to seek new lives and to create brighter futures.

34.   Police said the would-be immigrants came from a variety of countries, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Algeria, India and Sri Lanka.

35.   Patterson said the immigrants came across the border from Mexico by foot, car or boat.

36.   Fifty-one percent criticized the mix of countries from where immigrants come.

37.   Foreign Minister Abdullah said the illegal immigrants had come to find work, not protection.

38.   Half the immigrants came from Mexico and Central America, with about one in six from Asia.

39.   He said illegal immigrants could be coming from as far away as Bangladesh and China.

40.   His proposals include tighter border controls, a European border police force and increased cooperation with the countries from which most illegal immigrants come.