21.   Earlier this year, Justice Department officials proposed allowing state and local officers to make arrests for civil violations of federal immigration law.

22.   Federal immigration agents want to deport him because he is not a U.S. citizen.

23.   Federal immigration law has changed several times during the course of the case.

24.   Federal immigration offices have been alerted as well.

25.   Federal immigration officials have said Elian belongs back in Cuba with his father.

26.   Federal immigration agents planned to process the crew and arrange for them to fly home within a day.

27.   Federal immigration officials refused to discuss their new research, which had not yet been released, or to say whether the preliminary findings had changed.

28.   Federal immigration officials said Friday that the trend reflects two factors.

29.   Federal immigration officials say trade in slaves and indentured servants in the United States is far from rare.

30.   Federal immigration officials declined to disclose specific details, citing security.