1.   Among matters of particular importance to them are legislative proposals to eliminate use of secret evidence in cases involving terrorism.

2.   An immigration judge first decided against him on the basis of secret evidence.

3.   An INS spokesman said secret evidence was an important deterrent that often resulted in immigrants suspected of terrorist affiliations leaving the country before deportation procedures began.

4.   And the bill would let the Immigration Service rely on secret evidence in deportation proceedings.

5.   And so are eight others against whom secret evidence is being used.

6.   As a senator and new attorney general, Ashcroft fought for Internet privacy and spoke against the use of secret evidence to prosecute immigration cases.

7.   A federal District judge ruled Wednesday that the use of secret evidence of alleged terrorist connections to detain immigrants violated the due-process protections of the Constitution.

8.   But an immigration service official said the agency opposed the proposed limits on secret evidence.

9.   But Bergeron defended the use of secret evidence and cited the approval of the practice under certain conditions by federal courts over four decades.

10.   Congressional testimony suggests that a case based on secret evidence occurs about once a month.