"We're getting indications of this from interest groups and non-government organizations, " said another immigration official.
But he was turned away on arrival, when an immigration official found his name on a list of banned visitors.
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When a Pakistani immigration official noticed that Odeh did not look like the photograph in his Yemen-issued passport, Odeh was arrested.
Ms Hughes's troubles began on March 7th, when Steve Moxon, a Sheffield immigration official, claimed that East European applicants were being waved through with minimal checks.
"We have anecdotal information suggesting anywhere from a few dozen to a few hundred of them are missing, but we really don't know, " an immigration official told CNN.
The Times quotes a federal immigration official, Alejandro Mayorkas, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who confirms the purpose of the program is to create jobs in high-unemployment areas.
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The United States demanded the withdrawal of a Cuban diplomat because of his links to an immigration official, working in Miami, who has been charged with spying for the Cuban government.
"All the measures are taken in the context of voluntary return, accompanied by humanitarian aid, " said French immigration ministry official Frederique Doublet.
Most of the countries in the OECD already use shortage lists which are available on their official immigration websites.
This is anathema to Ms Vestager, a vocal critic of Denmark's relentless tightening of immigration controls (though a recent official report claimed they had benefited the economy).
Liberal Democrat Baroness Hamwee said responsibility for immigration statistics should be handed to the Official for National Statistics (ONS).
Official data also suggest that immigration may be another factor behind rising birth rates - foreign-born mothers make up nearly a quarter of the figures.
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Undocumented youngsters lie at the intersection of three official priorities: to protect children, to discourage illegal immigration and to economise on public services.
Obama wants to ensure that his economic proposals don't get lost in the shuffle in the coming weeks as Congress goes to work on an immigration overhaul and the confirmation process for Obama's second-term Cabinet nominees, a White House official told reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One.
But official figures show a large proportion of people entering the country in that period were not subject to immigration control.
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