1.  Before passage of a Republican-backed law five years ago, only an immigration judge could order the deportation of someone who arrived without valid travel documents.

2.  But since Monday, even valid travel documents are of no good to a wayfarer.

3.  The House had sought to make gaining asylum status more difficult for immigrants who lack valid travel documents and who say that they are fleeing persecution.

4.  Only those with valid travel papers and a trickle of trucks loaded with staple foods were allowed to pass through the border, Khan said.

5.  Police are investigating if the cult members, mostly Indonesian Timorese, possessed valid travel documents, Mazlan said.

6.  Bernama quoted a police spokesman as saying the men had no valid travel documents and were being held for investigation.

7.  China said it had no obligation to accept the return of the boat people being held in detention in Port Hedland in Western Australia without valid travel documents.

8.  He already has been charged with entering Bangladesh on a forged passport and not having valid travel documents.

9.  He said the rest of the immigrants, two Thais and eight Indonesians, did not have valid travel documents.

10.  He said the five have valid travel documents and were apparently in the southern Mindanao region to help Muslim tribal families.