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When José Caballero's number came up a winner in California's $2 million Big Spin wheel-of-fortune lottery in Hollywood last week, the East San Jose furniture-store worker provided state officials with two pieces of identification: a driver's license and a relative's immigration card. Caballero, 24, a native of Apatzingán in Mexico's Michoácan state, it turned out, is an illegal immigrant--a fact quickly picked up by local papers and federal officials. "He embarrassed the immigration service," said Arthur Shanks, the agency's deputy district director...
...check and a visit from two Immigration and Naturalization Service agents. He was arrested and later freed on $5,000 bond after the INS informed him that it would shortly begin deportation proceedings. If deported, Caballero is still entitled to his winnings. Nevertheless, he wants to stay in San Jose and keep working. "All the time I came here with the illusion of making a lot of money," he said. "I want to make more." Another consideration: since he is not a permanent U.S. resident, Uncle Sam will keep 30% rather than the usual 20% of the loot...
...Australia addresses Chinese human rights violations by pursuing what Downer describes as a "practical and constructive" bilateral dialog rather than by condemning China in a meaningless vote in Geneva. Critics say that approach is only slightly better than doing nothing. "Trade is a great news story," says writer Jose. "The whole question of human rights in China is not getting much play - and that's a big concern." An Australian official who has played a role says the dialog gives Australia "a great insight into Chinese thinking." "We get input into the training of jurists and improving the legal system...
...JOSE SARAIVA MARTINS, 73, Portuguese head of Congregation for the Causes of Saints. An outsider compromise candidate with an affable air. He could appeal both to Latin America and the Roman Curia...
...very well mean that the Cardinals - or at least the necessary two thirds - were not convinced by the initial choices, and have been forced to look elsewhere. One name that has continued to pop up in the Italian press this week is the Archbishop of Lisbon, Jose da Cruz Policarpo, 69, who could be a compromise candidate, with strong links to both Europe and Latin America...