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"FOR THE rule of law to prevail, litigation must have a beginning and an end." So wrote Judge Bruce Einhorn in a federal case that has become the Jarndyce and Jarndyce of immigration law-- it passed the 20-year mark last month. The saga of the Los Angeles Eight, though their number is now down to two, involves Palestinians whom the government has been seeking to deport for their activities on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) -- activities such as raising money, holding meetings and distributing magazines in the mid-1980s. Six of the group have since been granted residency status, and the government hasn't moved against them. But two, Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh, remain the subject of deportation proceedings, though they were legal permanent residents at the time of their activities. They have never been accused of any terrorist action or criminal violation, and the government concedes that their actions would be constitutionally protected if they were U.S. citizens....