Complex sentence: The Immigration and Naturalization Service (now Department of Homeland Security) appealed the judge's decision and, in 2000, Bill Clinton's government indefinitely suspended the ongoing deportation/removal proceedings against Pearson and several other men in the interests of the "peace process".
Split into simpler sentences: The Immigration and Naturalization Service (now Department of Homeland Security) appealed the judge's decision. In 2000, Bill Clinton's government indefinitely suspended the ongoing deportation/removal proceedings against Pearson and several other men in the interests of the "peace process".