When the Department of Homeland Security was created as part of the "war on terror, " the old Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was subsumed into the agency, and the repackaged bureaucracy was put back in the loop (the State Department is the access point for visas).

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Toffees centre-back Sylvain Distin could only loop a clearing header back towards his own goal to let in Cameron Jerome but the Blues striker controlled on his thigh only to half-volley wide from just inside the area.

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In some cases this back-and-forth loop repeats multiple times, stretching over months.

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