Immigration advocates said none of the refugees had been allowed to see a lawyer.

Immigration advocates said it was the most ambitious such effort by a local government anywhere in the country.

No accord like this exists with any other country, the immigration advocates say.

But some immigration advocates contend that the government's approach is too broad to be effective.

The provision received strong backing from the business community and immigration advocates.

Spring 2007: This year, immigration advocates and grassroots expect great things.

Immigration advocates have offered cautious support for the latest sweep.

Civil rights groups and immigration advocates have denounced the Administration policy as "racist."

Immigration advocates, lawyers and civil rights groups said they had been questioning the treatment of the detainees for several years.

Immigration advocates have been divided over the boycott as a method of protest.