"Worse than useless," fumed Darrell Issa, a Republican congressman from California, on March 19th, when the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Immigration and Naturalization Service. "Terrible, and getting worse," added Zoe Lofgren, a Democratic colleague who has kept a watchful eye on the INS for ten years.
Committee members lined up to take swings at James Ziglar, the head of the INS. He explained, somewhat pathetically, that "outdated procedures" had kept the visa-processing wheels grinding slowly through a backlog of applications. He also had some new rules in mind to tighten up visas. Speeding up the paperwork--and getting more of it on to computers--is vital, but the September attacks have exposed the tension between the agency’s two jobs: on the one hand enforcing the security of America’s borders, and on the other granting privileges such as work permits to foreigners.
But other people want more radica
A. "Immigrant Benefits--a hot dispute."
B. "Terrible INS--a Disposable Organization."
C. "A Redundant Agency--to be Split."
D. "Incompetent INS--on the Road to Reforms."
So many people use the cell phones so frequently every day. But (1) little is certain about the health effects of its use. Manufacturers (2) that cell phones meet government standards for safe radio-frequency radiation emission, but enough studies are beginning to document a possible (3) in rare brain tumors (肿瘤), headaches and behavioral disorders in children to cause concern. So far, the evidence isn’t (4) on whether the use of cell phones (5) to any increased risk of cancer. In a new trial, researchers asked 47 volunteers to (6) in a project to measure glucose (葡萄糖) consumption in the brain by scanning the brain to see how cells use energy. For both 50-minute scans, the volunteers had a cell phone (7) to each ear. During the first scan, the devices were turned off, but for the second scan, the phone on the right ear was (8) on and received a recorded-message call, although the volum
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