Mrs May said she had written to the ECHR to argue Abu Qatada's application should be rejected and the case heard by the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission instead.

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Or the team at Citizen and Immigration Services, the old INS, which in just 90 days, replaced its opaque application process with a transparent tracking system that allows people to check their status online, better and cheaper.

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Ashcroft ordered the INS to "accept immediately" the boy's application, but since the T visa is a relatively new addition to U.S. immigration policy, the INS is still working on developing regulations for it.

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