21.   The woman is the central player in a legal drama that could reshape American immigration policy toward women worldwide.

22.   Under American immigration laws, unless they can establish a well-grounded fear of persecution in their native country, the stowaways will likely be deported to China in weeks.

23.   Wednesday, in a formal address to the Mexican people here, Clinton defended a new American immigration law that is unpopular in Mexico and Central America.

24.   Mexicans are still stinging from a public chastising in the U.S. Congress over its efforts in the drug war and remain angry about tough new American immigration policies.

25.   Over time, many U.S. citizens grew to sympathize with the child and question American immigration and other policies toward the Caribbean country.

26.   PROMINENT American immigration lawyer who was raised in Hong Kong has been accused of mishandling asylum cases, including that of a young Chinese dissident about to be deported.