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Texas Attorney General has stopped a fraudulent immigration consultant who charged several families hundreds of dollars for unauthorized legal advice and representation in immigration matters. Consumers claim the defendant, Carlos Carvajal, also falsely represented himself as a former immigration judge, and maintained he had connections with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services. Attorney General Greg Abbott will seek a permanent injunction, restitution and fines against Carvajal at a May 18 trial. 

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Republican Senator John McCain recently supported President Bush’s guest worker immigration proposal, which would temporarily fill jobs that go unfilled in a controlled manner. McCain posed a rhetorical question for Republican lawmakers who have criticized Bush’s plan, asking whether those individuals would like to see the homebuilding industry, resort industry and restaurants to shut down. McCain and Democrat Senator Edward M. Kennedy are working on a reform bill that has many of the president’s immigration ideas.

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