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Immigration

Aug. 24, 2007

Saved by a Bill - Getting Congress' Help to Stay

When all else fails, unlawful immigrants sometimes turn to federal lawmakers to introduce special bills to save them from being deported. Occasionally, a sympathetic member of Congress comes to the rescue.

By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WASHINGTON - Born in Japan but raised in the United States, Shigeru Yamada was left in legal limbo after his mother died in a car crash when he was 13.
      Suddenly, this all-American kid who excelled at school had no immigration status and faced a struggle to stay in the country, his lawyers say.
      It a...

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