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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
to require appointments by clients
 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services apparently decided recently that they were overwhelmed by walk-in traffic from their clients.
As a result, they began phasing in a policy of requiring appointments made in advance by utilization of their web sites for all of their immigration offices. The policy change apparently succeeded in limiting most all office traffic, since immigration clients, which are mostly migrant agriculture and housekeeping workers, do not have Internet access.
New Mexico man forced to pay
support for non-existent child
 For over five years, the State of New Mexico has ordered and enforced Viola Trevino's claims for $20,000 in child support against ex-husband Steve Berreras in spite of his objections and proof of a vasectomy. Under pressure from a local television station, a local judge finally ordered Trevino to produce the child in court.
The mother is now accused of kidnapping a child from a stranger, which she apparently took to the courtroom to present as her "daughter" by Berreras--but the stranger followed her and exposed the ruse to the court. Subsequently, Trevino is now believed to have falsified a paternity test by using a DNA sample from an adult daughter and accused of obtaining a Social Security card, Medicare card and birth certificate for the non-existent daughter. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has now ordered a full-scale investigation as to how state agencies could have been fooled by the woman for such a long period of time.
Minnesota mayor arrested for
felony theft at local store
Jane Eaton, mayor of the small town of Albert Lea, Minnesota; was arrested by police who charge that she bought clothing from a Marshall Field's department store, then affixed the price tags to older apparel and returned them for refunds. Eaton, who claims her innocence, faces charges of felony theft.
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