Immigration has its own alphabet soup of words and arcane government terminology. You will have an advantage if you know the meaning of certain key words and phrases.

Accompanying Relative. In most cases, a person who is eligible to receive some type of visa or green card can also obtain green cards or similar visas for immediate members of his or her family. These family members are called accompanying relatives, and include spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21.

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The district court judge who heard arguments regarding New Ipswich police's authority to charge an illegal alien with criminal trespass, will hear eight similar cases â?? all originating in Hudson â?? next Friday, according to the defendants' attorneys.

The court made the determination to bundle the cases Thursday, said Nathan Warecki, a legal assistant at the Merrimack-based law offices of Mona Movafaghi, which is representing four of the eight defendants.

"We look forward to a favorable decision in this matter," said attorney Randall Drew of the Movafaghi firm. "Hopefully, the judge's ruling in these hearings will prevent any additional unlawful arrests of undocumented aliens."

The cases will be heard 8:30 a.m. Friday at Jaffrey-Peterborough District Court and will be strictly limited to the motion to dismiss filed by Movafaghi and Drew â?? who are representing Margarito Jaramillio-Escobar, Sergio Robles-Ruiz, Marcos Vinicius S. Sousa and Jorge Mora Ramirez.

The motion to dismiss argues local police do not have the authority to enforce immigration law.

Hudson's criminal trespass cases against Frederico Barros-Batistele, Wellington Brustolin Da Silva, Luiz De Amorim, Mauro Sergio Farias and Bernarda Gallego will also be heard on Friday, Warecki said.

On July 12, Judge L. Phillips Runyon III of the Jaffery-Peterborough District Court heard the criminal trespass case dealing with Jorge Mora Ramirez. The judge, however, reserved judgment until he hears arguments from Hudson Police.

New Ipswich Police Chief W. Garrett Chamberlain gained national attention when he charged Ramirez, 21, with criminal trespassing in mid-April. Police found Ramirez with several false identification papers and a Mexican driver's license when his car broke down in New Ipswich.

Calling Chamberlain's interpretation of the law "pretty creative," Hudson Police Chief Richard Gendron adopted the practice of charging illegal aliens with criminal trespass.

And, on May 10, Sergio Robles-Ruiz, 21, and Margarito Jaramillio-Escobar, 23, were pulled over because their vehicle's headlight did not work and cited with criminal trespass after Hudson police determined they were illegal aliens from Mexico.

According to state law: "A person is guilty of criminal trespass if, knowing that he is not licensed or privileged to do so, he enters or remains in any place."

Citing post-9/11 security concerns and a lack of federal illegal immigration enforcement, the two local police chiefs said they are justified in citing illegal aliens with criminal trespass