Sent home.

Stepped-up stepped-up
adj.
Increased in pace or intensity; heightened: a stepped-up political campaign. efforts by federal officials to enforce immigration laws immigration laws npl → leyes fpl de inmigración

immigration laws npl → lois fpl sur l'immigration

immigration laws npl led to a record 186,924 deportations in 2006. Deportations have increased more than 75 percent since 2000.

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Title Annotation:	IMMIGRATION
Publication:	New York Times Upfront
Date:	Feb 5, 2007
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