11.   Although immigration officers worked long hours during the weekend, extra pay was unlikely because overtime is part of the job.

12.   And for shorter visits, anyone can stay up to three months, or six months at the discretion of the immigration officer at the point of entry.

13.   As for the use of shackles at the airport, he said restraints protected the safety of immigration officers and those they detained.

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

15.   A Pakistani immigration officer was surprised to see an American crossing the border.

16.   Accurately or not, this perception has become common in Canada since US immigration officers started wielding their new authority last year.

17.   After arriving in the Philippines, they were dropped from the program because of allegations by American immigration officers that the Vietnamese had falsified documents.

18.   After being turned away yet again by immigration officers in their quest for residency permits, the immigrants doused the lobby floor with a flammable liquid and ignited it.

19.   But during the detention, immigration officers were less than civilized to the remaining crewmen, company officials said.

20.   Currently, immigration officers check arrivals but not people leaving the country.