Swiss reject new higher bail offer from Polanski
By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER Associated Press Writer GENEVA (AP) - Imprisoned director Roman Polanski made a new, higher offer of bail but Swiss authorities rejected it because they still think the risk is too high that he would flee the country, the Justice Ministry said Friday.
End of rule allowing expulsion of grieving spouses WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill that ends a rule that made newly married foreigners subject to expulsion if their American spouses died within two years of marriage and before their applications for permanent residency had been approved.
Immigrants: Conn. raid retaliation for ID cards
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press Writer NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Ten Connecticut residents have filed a lawsuit accusing federal authorities of violating their rights by conducting an immigration raid in retaliation for a New Haven program that provided identification cards to foreigners in the country illegally.
More immigrants cite sexual orientation for asylum
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS Associated Press Writer WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A growing number of asylum seekers are using U.S. immigration courts to argue that their sexual orientation makes it too dangerous for them to return home.
SF board changes tack on immigrant minors
By JULIANA BARBASSA Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco is changing the way it deals with illegal immigrant minors who run into trouble with the law.
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