1.   And Bob Graham, the Democratic senator from Florida, can hardly be blamed for helping Gore by sponsoring a bill to grant Elian permanent U.S. residency status.

2.   Another Chinese-born intellectual with permanent residency status in the United States has been detained by Chinese security forces, a Hong Kong human rights group reported Monday.

3.   Another proposal, also expected to be offered Monday, would grant the boy permanent residency status without making him a citizen.

4.   A number of Chinese citizens with permanent residency status in the United States have also been held, a Western diplomat here said.

5.   According to sources who work closely with immigration officials, her residency status would not have been affected by marrying an American citizen.

6.   But the census forms are confidential and not used for determining residency status, even for illegal immigrants who are counted.

7.   But their criminal convictions stripped them of their legal residency status and ended their chances of becoming naturalized citizens.

8.   But when he reached adulthood, he could then decide, Cuba willing, to return to the United States, where he would resume permanent residency status.

9.   California law prohibits the turning away of patients based on residency status.

10.   Congressional Democrats called it a question of basic decency, saying a bureaucratic glitch has prevented otherwise eligible immigrants from gaining permanent residency status.