In its petition to the high court, Arizona says it is the nation's busiest illegal entry point, with many people streaming in from neighboring Mexico.
It remains unclear whether the payments were actually illegal - a point which depends in part on whether they continued after 2001, when the UK made bribery of foreign officials an offence.
Like Poland and Hungary, the Czech Republic is a jumping-off point for illegal immigration into the European Union.
Such safeguards include manufacturers training their dealers and distributors to identify and handle illegal purchasers at the point of sale, developing a code of conduct for distributors, and requiring them to implement record keeping measures in order to keep guns out of the wrong hands.
Despite the increases, arrests of illegal border crossers remain at the lowest point since 1971.
Greece has become the major entry point into the EU for illegal migrants and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has complained that Greek reception centres are inadequate.
But over the years, foes of illegal immigration have chipped away at the policies to the point where keeping families together is no longer a key consideration.
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It makes little sense, from a European point of view, for France to get tough on illegal immigrants if Spain is granting an amnesty.
Officials now point out that merely to circulate such messages without permission is illegal.
Bitcoin's backers point out that criminals will use any currency for money laundering or illegal purchases.
There is little point in making a technology lawful for personal use, but keeping it illegal to develop, traffic or sell.
There is no point taking the gun out of your home in Switzerland because it is illegal to carry a gun in the street.
But, most important point is, we reported thousands and thousands and thousands of names of illegal immigrants who committed crimes to the immigration service.
It was a chance visit (prompted by her errant dog, Xena) to an illegal dumping ground by the Bronx River that proved to be Carter's environmental tipping point.
Toulouse captain Fabien Pelous was harshly sin-binned for illegal use of the boot and O'Gara slotted the resulting penalty to give Munster a seven-point lead.
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