1.   All of the delegations comply with Mexican laws prohibiting foreigners from participating in domestic politics, Lewis said.

2.   Allegations of voting by non-citizens in a California congressional race last year show that current laws prohibiting foreigners from voting are not strong enough, Gingrich said.

3.   Foreigners are prohibited from buying shares directly in retail companies.

4.   Foreigners are prohibited from directly owning Gazprom shares, a restriction imposed on no other major Russian company.

5.   Rules prohibit foreigners from buying local shares, which trade at a far lower price than the shares that trade abroad.

6.   The bill also would prohibit foreigners benefiting from confiscated American property from entering the United States.

7.   The company, however, lacks the money to build storage facilities, and existing laws prohibit foreigners from owning property in Romania.

8.   Peruvian law prohibits foreigners from owning television or radio stations.

9.   A Fujimori-controlled court then awarded control of the station to its pro-government minority owners, arguing that Peruvian law prohibits foreigners from owning television stations.

10.   Analysts doubt that foreign ownership will actually be allowed in retailing since there is a specific law that prohibits foreigners from the retail industry.