61.   Immigrants who had committed other crimes or who had served less than five years were entitled to ask an immigration judge to waive their deportation on humanitarian grounds.

62.   If the claim was denied, the refugee would have only seven days to appeal to an immigration judge.

63.   If the information is considered classified, the INS then presents it to an immigration judge to determine the importance of the case.

64.   Immigration experts said that it is now standard for defectors to be held until their case is heard by an immigration judge, which can take weeks.

65.   In addition, he noted, INS has a wide network of agents and immigration judges.

66.   Immigration judges had the power to stop a deportation if it would be unjustifiably cruel.

67.   In a court ruling so secret that their lawyers cannot read it, six Iraqis were ordered deported by a federal immigration judge.

68.   In October, a federal immigration judge prohibited the INS from deporting him to Egypt, saying he could face torture if returned to his home country.

69.   In fact the immigration judge, Kendall Warren, made no final determination.

70.   In secret they gave the immigration judge, Donn Livingston, evidence they said showed Ahmed was connected with a terrorist organization.