11.   A verification system similar to the one unveiled Thursday is included in a Senate immigration reform bill.

12.   After Congress passed a restrictive immigration bill last fall and President Clinton signed it into law, I had a letter from a New York lawyer, Stanley Mailman.

13.   Almost two months have passed since the Senate approved a broad immigration bill, and more than three months have lapsed since the House passed its version.

14.   Both the immigration bill the House approved last month and the legislation before the Senate include provisions similar to the terrorism bill regarding the exclusion of asylum-seekers.

15.   But an immigration bill moving through Congress proposes several disincentives for hiring foreign workers such as Huda.

16.   But a leading Democrat on immigration issues, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, said she wanted the immigration bill approved.

17.   But it can, and it will, if an immigration bill now nearing completion in Congress is passed and signed by President Clinton.

18.   But immigration reform bills in the House and Senate would increase the classes of immigrants to be detained.

19.   But the broad immigration bill that took effect this week may turn out to be a graver threat.

20.   But the lead sponsor of the Senate immigration bill, Sen. Alan Simpson, R- Wyo., argued that the exemptions were unnecessary.