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INS

A gene on chromosome 11p15.5 that encodes preproinsulin, which is cleaved post-translationally into the B- and A-chain peptides (which are covalently linked via two disulfide bonds to form insulin) and C-peptide. Insulin reduces blood glucose and increases cell permeability to monosaccharides, amino acids and fatty acids, and accelerates glycolysis, the pentose phosphate cycle and glycogen synthesis in the liver.
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In 1986, the INS initiated deportation proceedings against seven Palestinians and one Kenyan in Los Angeles suspected of "support for terrorism," who became known as the "LA 8.
Silencing dissent: the cases of three Palestinian activists targeted by FBI probes show how government agencies may use immigration and counterterrorism measures to crack down on political activity. (Enemies of the State)
The INS admitted on January 16 to detaining 1,169 people under Special Registration, and to issuing "orders to appear" for deportation proceedings to twice that many--approximately 10 percent of the 24,000 people who came to register by mid-January.
Ashcroft's roundup
Lawyers and the families of people arrested said that if the INS is searching for potential terrorists, its methods may backfire.
INS FREES SOME DETAINEES NO APOLOGY FOR MIDDLE EASTERNERS' ARRESTS
It would have been finished maybe a year ago," says Tom Fischer, who until 1999 headed the INS office in Atlanta from which the pilot project was run.
Borderline insanity: President Bush wants the INS to stop granting visas to terrorists. The biggest obstacle? His own administration
Thereafter, the INS instituted new proceedings against the LA-8 based on non-ideological grounds, adding new terrorism charges under the IMMACT 90 amendments.
The aftermath of September 11, 2001: The targeting of Arabs and Muslims in America
She claimed developing a reliable list of ineligible voters would require INS employees to search both computer and paper files, a process that would take months.
Identity crisis: if the government is serious about keeping illegal immigrants from working, a national ID card may be inevitable
We were told to stop worrying and expect to hear from the INS within 90 days.
PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE; ROAD TO RESIDENCY CAN BE TRAIL OF TEARS
One INS examiner in Baltimore was notorious for asking the question, "What was the last federal holiday?
It's the exam that fails: how the INS citizenship test misses the point
Second, two years ago the INS ordered permanent legal residents holding green cards issued before 1979 to have them renewed - for a fee of $75.
Contract killers: Selling out privatization at the INS
The INS says it is just doing its job, but Latinos had other words for these deportations--such words as "kidnapping" and "child abuse.
Kidnapped by 'La Migra.' (U.S. Immigration and Naturalization forced deportations of undocumented children of legally-residing parents)

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