Later, at the Conquest of Mecca, he helped Safwan ibn Umayyah obtain amnesty, resulting in his also becoming a Muslim.

Song Jiang is persistent in his belief that the outlaws must obtain amnesty from the government and eventually achieves his goal after defeating imperial forces in various battles.

Gao Qiu agrees to help the outlaws obtain amnesty from the emperor and is released.

His diocese has one of the nation's largest programs to help illegal aliens obtain amnesty and help other immigrants apply for citizenship and find jobs.

But the action by Illinois could keep Wal-Mart, Target and the other retailers from obtaining such amnesty in the state.

In order to obtain amnesty, migrants had to demonstrate they had been continuously living in the U.S. since 1982.

Mr. Ramirez is a legal immigrant, one of a million farm workers who obtained amnesty under a 1986 law, which granted amnesty to longtime undocumented workers.

In January 2000 those fighters obtained amnesty under the terms of the "Civil Concord" decreed by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after his election in April 1999.

That means that around 700 Albanian Kosovar prisoners cannot obtain amnesty, having been convicted of 'terrorism'.

Immediate relatives of illegal aliens who obtain amnesty are not automatically entitled to the same status because Congress provided no authority for such a dispensation, Mr. Nelson said.