31.   Immigration and Naturalization Service officials in Houston say deportation proceedings are under way.

32.   In a stance similar to the one they took in New Jersey, department lawyers tried to keep secret the deportation proceedings of a Lebanese man in Michigan.

33.   In addition, the administration decided not to begin formal deportation proceedings against three Irish nationals living in New York, according to officials familiar with the case.

34.   Immigrants released on bond or personal recognizance will be free until issuance of a final removal order, and their release will not affect deportation proceedings, Melero said.

35.   In both cases, immigrants were detained while their deportation proceedings were being conducted.

36.   In the three months since President Bush signed the anti-terrorism measure, the administration has detained hundreds of foreigners and put some into deportation proceedings.

37.   In their selective enforcement claim, they are arguing that other aliens with similar visa problems but lacking similar political associations have not been faced with deportation proceedings.

38.   INS officials announced earlier this month that some immigrants with criminal records could be freed on bond, pending the outcome of deportation proceedings.

39.   It says there is no constitutional right to see the evidence in deportation proceedings, though the Supreme Court has held that there is.