It has set up an immigration task-force and on March 2nd announced a census to work out how many children might arrive.

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He argues that the centre left should not copy the right, because limiting immigration is not a simple task over the long term, and because limiting welfare payments for foreigners tends to end up in court challenges.

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And we have expanded our interagency task force to include enforcement partners such as the FBI and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, along with many other Federal agencies.

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