Case can refer to:

General:

• Legal case, a dispute between opposing parties resolved by a court.
• A term of jurisprudence, referring to the evidence against a defendant or suspect
• Suitcase, briefcase, attaché case, packing case or similar.
• Bookcase or casement window an enclosure desinged to hold something.
• A computer chassis. See computer case.
• Letter case in typography (the distinction between majuscule and minuscule letter forms) or sentence case
• An instance or example (see also case study)
• Cases in linguistic morphology; see declension and list of grammatical cases
• Computer-aided software engineering (CASE)
• Shakespearean English: A container or covering; (applied to) a mask. Like 'vizard'. Please note, the Wikipedia article on 'vizard' is not about the Shakspearean 'vizard'.
• To reconnoiter or to get an understanding of a location (slang)
• A package of 24 beers
• Case-shot is a type of anti-personnel canister ammunition similar to a shrapnel shell

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Some 600 illegal immigrants were arrested in a major federal raid at a Mississippi manufacturing plant recently. The Bush Administration charged only eight of the immigrants criminally and sent the rest for civil deportation proceedings. Host Liane Hansen speaks to NPR's Jennifer Ludden to find out if this signals a shift in administration policy.
Possible Immigration Changes
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While the presidential candidates will undoubtedly discuss immigration during the next two months, the real battle over policy may come on state ballots. Here, an overview of some of the measures being considered.

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