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  • With the lack of a comprehensive immigration policy in place, the Obama administration is apparently attempting to appease critics on both sides by suggesting amnesty for undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States in exchange for an aggressive and militant increase in border enforcement, to choke-off future immigration.

    Justin Hudnall: The Gaza-fication of the US Border Justin Hudnall 2010

  • Do you support the House Democrats '"slow-bleed" strategy to "choke-off" funding for our troops in Iraq, leading to their withdrawal and a perception of American defeat?

    The hard-Right's latest push-poll survey. 2008

  • It is my personal belief that with the proper spacing of lights, say on a frame set to grow a new coral reef, the algae growth layer could be greatly expanded by circumventing the light choke-off point.

    Think Progress » Pat Robertson: I’m ‘A Convert’ On Global Warming, ‘It Is Getting Hotter’ 2006

  • Bursting with silent wrath at the "choke-off," with difficulty Redmond held his peace.

    The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police Ralph S. Kendall

  • The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Massachusetts-based foundation is identifying foods containing chemicals that evidently choke-off blood supplies to tumors, starving them to death.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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