11.   Much of the debate has focused on whether immigrants take jobs from unemployed citizens but its subtext concerns population growth in general and ethnic diversity in particular.

12.   No immigrant has taken American shores by storm more than swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg.

13.   Others are sponsored by employers who have to prove the immigrants are not taking jobs from Americans.

14.   Polls show that a majority of the French believe that immigrants are taking jobs from French citizens and eroding the French way of life.

15.   Some workers complain that illegal immigrants are taking jobs that once paid decent salaries and turning them into low-paying dead ends.

16.   The hysteria swept through communities and states where newly arrived immigrants had taken jobs.

17.   The participants, all men, criticize welfare policy, immigrants taking opportunities that might otherwise go to them, and the lumbering social service bureaucracy.

18.   They did however notice that the Vietnamese immigrant took to rice and beans, the neighborhood staple.

19.   While some immigrants may be taking jobs away from some Americans, many are reviving parts of inner cities and creating new jobs.

20.   Ababacar Diop, the chief spokesman for the protesting Africans, said the immigrants would take a wait-and-see approach.