41.   Immigration lawyers are already suing to block parts of the law from taking effect, and more suits are likely.

42.   Immigration lawyers raised immediate objections to the expedited procedures and announced plans to oppose the new rules at a hearing next Wednesday before a House immigration subcommittee.

43.   Immigration lawyers said they could recall no other instance of a French citizen receiving asylum in the United States.

44.   Immigration lawyers said they try to warn clients that the new law will not solve every immigration problem and that improper applications can cause more harm than good.

45.   Immigration lawyers and advocates for refugees point to the different treatment of cases like these as a sign that federal immigration laws are applied unevenly throughout the nation.

46.   Immigration lawyers and federal officials disagree about which law should apply in which cases.

47.   In interviews Thursday, immigration lawyers and officials gave a bewildering and vastly differing variety of interpretations of what the law means.

48.   In another case, William John Newman of Sunnyside, Queens, pleaded guilty in January to posing as an immigration lawyer.

49.   In some jails, immigration lawyers say, detainees have had little opportunity to make calls.

50.   Inspectors declined to tell her fiance, Hsieh Tsuhui, where she was, and he finally resorted to hiring a Portland immigration lawyer to track her down.