Though illegal immigration was the most important issue for Republican voters, the economy was a close second.
Ministers' concerns centre on a number of practices, which, though not illegal, appear contrary to the spirit of the legislation.
Though not illegal, this does allow corrupt brokers to hide illegal late trades in a batch of otherwise legitimate trades.
Such communication, though officially illegal in Iran, is usually tolerated.
Though it is illegal, some citizens travel to a country like Mexico or Canada and then into Cuba.
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He was the first private operator to broadcast nationally, even though it was illegal at the time to do so.
Many markets now have shops which specialise in buying soiled notes, even though selling currency is illegal.
It was permissible to take race into consideration as one among many factors, though racial quotas were illegal.
Ireland: A referendum in 1993 voted to keep abortion illegal, though it made it legal for the first time to travel abroad to have an abortion.
Lord Browne points out that when he first realised he was gay, in 1960 at boarding school, homosexuality was illegal, though the law was abolished when he went to Cambridge.
Even though it requires the illegal alien's 100 days of agricultural work in the U.S. to have occurred during any 12 month period between February 2002 and August 2003 - and, therefore, is not something new "invaders" could cash in on - this legislation further reinforces the expectation that, if you can get into this country by whatever means, you will at some point likely be allowed to stay legally.
As in the rest of America, antipathy towards illegal immigrants, though widespread, is mostly mild and seldom violent.
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The girl at the desk stares at us now, as though she suspects that something illegal is going on.
Human-rights groups in Madrid estimate that Spain has up to 700, 000 illegal workers, though the numbers are largely guesswork.
"In my opinion, she did know what she did was illegal, even though she thought it was right, " Resnick said.
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Mining fatalities at major companies are relatively rare in Indonesia, though each year dozens of illegal and independent miners are killed in accidents, often landslides.
Some things are not illegal, even though they are patently wrong.
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In court on Friday, the former "Hairspray" star made no mention of the sexual assault allegations, though she did complain of illegal entry to her apartment.
Even though their strike was nominally illegal, polls suggested that popular support for the nurses fluttered around 70%, and there is near-universal agreement that they are underpaid.
According to an Indian cricket official, hundreds of millions of dollars are wagered on every game involving his country, even though betting on cricket is illegal there.
"He said he wanted to pray at the Church of the Nativity on Christmas Eve, even though he knew it was illegal for him to leave Israel, " police spokesman Gil Kleiman said.
Doctors can use some organs from donors who have just died, but though the practice is not illegal, there are currently no laws to govern it, leaving some doctors wary of the procedure.
It is illegal in Germany though and so if someone in Germany reads a piece which denies the Holocaust then the writer of that piece can be hauled up in front of a German court and tried and then punished.
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Mandatory restrictions at many firms force many workers to take lower-paid jobs after 60, though from 2013 it will be illegal to force anyone to retire before 65.
Even though paying for referrals is generally illegal, it provides certain "safe harbors" that make it legal for a hospital to pay a referring physician for other services he provides the hospital, like consulting.
Around 35% of music consumers now download tracks legally, according to a recent survey from Entertainment Media Research, a consultancy (though the number of users offering illegal files has also grown, to 8.6m compared with 6.2m a year ago).
Though it is hard to measure, illegal immigration has also boosted America's workforce.
State-subsidised Catholic adoption agencies have refused to place children with gay adoptive parents, though that sort of discrimination is now illegal.
Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet and Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Scherer round out Paddy Power's top five -- and though betting on the next pope is illegal in the U.S., the Irish bookmaker is offering 20-1 odds on Cardinal Timothy Dolan, America's top Catholic.
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