1.   Ashore, Bahamian immigration officers simply watched as the passengers filed through the entry hall toward taxis outside.

2.   Bahamian immigration official Vernon Burrows said Orlando Hernandez was in the country and had not requested political asylum, the Palm Beach, Florida, Post reported.

3.   He said he inferred that from comments made by the Bahamian immigration director at a news conference Wednesday.

4.   The other defectors, Foley said, would remain in the custody of the Bahamian immigration officials.

5.   While U.S. Border Patrol and Bahamian immigration officials can estimate the number they catch, no one is able to say how many slip through or perish trying.

6.   A group of Cuban detainees attacked Bahamian immigration officers in January with rocks and sticks in an unsuccessful attempt to escape deportation.

7.   Bahamian immigration officials declined comment Tuesday on the case.

8.   Bahamian immigration authorities planned to return the Haitians to their homeland as soon as possible.

9.   Eighteen Cuban immigrants attempting to reach Florida in a crowded, leaky vessel appeared before Bahamian immigration officials Monday and were expected to be sent home.

10.   In January, a group of Cuban detainees attacked Bahamian immigration officers with rocks and sticks in an unsuccessful attempt to escape deportation.