71.   And one country sure to feel the pain if Mexico went down would be the United States, which would face a surge of illegal immigrants.

72.   And sometimes, he said, physicians may not report new cases or relapses to health departments, because their patients are illegal immigrants.

73.   And the law has been difficult to enforce, in part because the government has had a hard time proving that employers knowingly hired illegal immigrants.

74.   And the need for workers, if it continues, suggests that better times are ahead for illegal immigrants.

75.   And when efforts were made to stop giving benefits to illegal immigrants, Bill Clinton opposed them.

76.   And while he had heard that the United States was more hostile to illegal immigrants these days, Aguirre remained a bit skeptical.

77.   And while officials clearly sought tolerance for illegal immigrants, they enacted their immigration measure largely to dispel rumors that City Hall was behind a local Border Patrol crackdown.

78.   And, he said, behind the wrath directed toward illegal Mexican immigrants by many Americans is a fundamental hypocrisy.

79.   Another fear is that the merger will harm illegal immigrants.

80.   And, she said, the coalition was concerned about a series of bills pending in Congress to require schools and hospitals to report illegal immigrants.