She added, however, that she was not aware of complaints about enforcement tactics in the area.

The case caused Monsanto's enforcement tactics to be highlighted in the media over the years it took to play out.

In a new enforcement tactic, federal officials said they planned to bring criminal charges against some of the immigrants accused of using stolen identities.

If the latest disagreement focuses on American enforcement tactics, migration statistics themselves have been just as hotly disputed in recent years.

The agency has not altered its enforcement tactics with regard to Latin American immigrants since Sept. 11, she said.

The new enforcement tactics and the fact that the industry had acquired a certain maturity sent it into decline in the 1980's.

Their heavy-handed enforcement tactics appear to be a drag on the very companies that are putting new technology to work.

They found it in the Fourth and Fifth Amendments when police behavior or other criminal enforcement tactics were too intrusive.

The program grew out of Congressional hearings three years ago that disclosed many problems, including poor service, inadequate technology and overly aggressive enforcement tactics.

These powers remain pretty much the same today, although the IRS will tell you that enforcement tactics have been toned down a bit.