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Pracon, who was in hospital with what he described as a low-priority wound, said at one point during the killings, a boy aged about 11 ran up to him.
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Undocumented immigrants classified as low-priority could see their deportation stayed and be offered a chance to apply for a work visa.
Activists Cheer New Immigration Rules, Opponents Cry 'Amnesty' 2011
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Undocumented immigrants classified as low-priority could see their deportation stayed and be offered a chance to apply for a work visa.
Activists Cheer New Immigration Rules, Opponents Cry 'Amnesty' 2011
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An eye-opening report released this month by the American Immigration Lawyers Association documents 127 cases of low-priority individuals from around the country who were placed into deportation proceedings after these types of encounters with local police.
Rep. Mike Honda: Obama and Homeland Security Moving Nation in Right Direction on Immigration Rep. Mike Honda 2011
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This year in Virginia we cut low-priority spending, while investing new resources in higher education and transportation.
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Under the move, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice will review and clear out low-priority cases from 300,000 backlogged deportation proceedings.
Analysis: Obama deportations raise immigration policy questions Reuters 2011
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Under the move, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice will review and clear out low-priority cases from 300,000 backlogged deportation proceedings.
Analysis: Obama deportations raise immigration policy questions Reuters 2011
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Furthermore, low-priority immigration cases such as these are clogging up the immigration court system by contributing to a backlog of almost 300,000 cases and an average wait of 482 days until a hearing.
Rep. Mike Honda: Obama and Homeland Security Moving Nation in Right Direction on Immigration Rep. Mike Honda 2011
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Martin Feldstein, the Harvard economist who served as Chairman of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers, wrote last summer that tax expenditures are the single largest source of wasteful and low-priority spending in the federal budget and should be the first place that policymakers go to restrain spending.
Max Richtman: Promises Made and Promises Broken Max Richtman 2011
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It would be more efficient and very possibly more proficient than low-priority US-UK forces maintained at a great distance.
Matthew Yglesias » Defending Countries that Don’t Defend Themselves 2009
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