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EMERGENCY PROTEST TODAY (12/20)
**Please forward widely**
Emergency Protest Outside the INS
Stop the Mass Detentions!
Friday, 12/20, 5:00 p.m.
JFK Federal Building, Boston
(Near the Government Center T stop)
Reports have just arrived that between 500 and 1000 Muslim and Arab
immigrants
from five different countries were arrested and detained this week in
California
when they showed up at local Immigration and Naturalization Service offices
in compliance with the INS' new mandatory registration program. It is not
yet
clear whether similar detentions are taking place in other parts of the
country.
In the recent past, the INS has issued a series of calls to immigrants
from 20 different countries. All men from these countries over the age of 16
who
do not have Green Cards are required to register in person with the INS by
the deadline specified in each call or face severe legal penalties.
Immigrants
from Iran, Iraq, Libya, the Sudan or Syria who responded to the summons in
good faith
have been summarily arrested and thrown together in crowded detention
facilities.
By Wednesday, the jails in southern California were overflowing.
Like the mass detentions of the Japanese during World War II, these arrests
are
a major assault on the most basic principles of human rights. It is crucial
that such actions be met with immediate and broad resistance. Please join us
in front of the INS in Boston and circulate this call to action as widely as
possible.
Amer Jubran Defense Committee
www.amerjubrandefense.org
ajdc@amerjubrandefense.org
____________________________________________________________________
Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in Calif.
By Jill Serjeant
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens
were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to
comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind
up handcuffed and behind bars.
Shocked and frustrated Islamic and immigrant groups estimate that more than
500 people have been arrested in Los Angeles, neighboring Orange County and
San Diego in the past three days under a new nationwide anti-terrorism
program. Some unconfirmed reports put the figure as high as 1,000.
The arrests sparked a demonstration by hundreds of Iranians outside a Los
Angeles immigration office. The protesters carried banners saying "What's
next? Concentration camps?" and "What happened to liberty and justice?."
A spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service said no numbers
of people arrested would be made public. A Justice Department (news - web
sites) spokesman could not be reached for comment.
The head of the southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties
Union (news - web sites) compared the arrests to the internment of Japanese
Americans in camps during the Second World War.
"I think it is shocking what is happening. It is reminiscent of what
happened in the past with the internment of Japanese Americans. We are
getting a lot of telephone calls from people. We are hearing that people
went down wanting to cooperate and then they were detained," said Ramona
Ripston, the ACLU's executive director.
JAILS OVERFLOWING
One activist said local jails were so overcrowded that the immigrants Could
be sent to Arizona, where they could face weeks or months in prisons
awaiting hearings before immigration judges or deportation.
"It is a shock. You don't expect this to happen. It is really putting fright
and apprehension in the community. People who come from these countries --
this is what they expect from their government. Not from America," said
Sabiha Khan of the Southern California chapter of the Council on American
Islamic Relations.
The arrests were part of a post Sept. 11 program that requires all males
over 16 from a list of 20 Arab or Middle East countries, who do not have
permanent resident status in the United States, to register with U.S.
immigration authorities.
Monday was the deadline for men from Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Sudan.
News of the mass arrests came first in southern California, which is home to
more than 600,000 Iranian exiles and their families.
Officials declined to give figures for those arrested or for the numbers of
people who turned up to register, be fingerprinted and have their
photographs taken.
"We are not releasing any numbers," said Immigration and Naturalization
Service (INS) spokesman Francisco Arcaute.
CALLS FOR HELP
Islamic groups and the local chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) said they had been swamped with calls for help.
INS spokesman Arcaute said those arrested had violated immigration laws,
overstayed their visas, or were wanted for crimes. The program was prompted
by concern about the lack of records on tourists, students and other
visitors to the United States after the Sept. 11 hijack plane attacks on New
York and Washington.
Islamic community leaders said many of the detainees had been living,
working and paying taxes in the United States for five or 10 years, and had
families here.
"Terrorists most likely wouldn't come to the INS to register. It is really a
bad way to go about it. They are being treated as criminals and that really
goes against American ideals of fairness, and justice and democracy," Khan
said.
The Iranian protesters said many of those detained were victims of official
delays in processing visa and green card requests.
"My father, they just took him in," one young man told reporters. "They've
been treating him like an animal. They put him in a room with, like, 50
other people and no bed or anything."
Khan said one of those in jail was a doctor, who was being sponsored for
U.S. citizenship when his sponsor died.
One Syrian man said he went to register in Orange County with a dozen
friends. He was the only one to come out of the INS office. "All my friends
are inside right now," M.M. Trapici, 45, told reporters. "I have to visit
the family for each one today. Most of them have small kids."
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<DIV>Amer Jubran Defense Committee</DIV>
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<DIV>ajdc@amerjubrandefense.org</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>By Jill Serjeant</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranian and oth=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>The arrests sparked a demonstration by hundreds of=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>A spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization =
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said no numbers of people arrested would be made public. A Justice Departme=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>The head of the southern California chapter of the=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>JAILS OVERFLOWING</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>One activist said local jails were so overcrowded t=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>"It is a shock. You don't expect this to happen. It=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>Officials declined to give figures for those arrest=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>"We are not releasing any numbers," said Immigratio=
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Naturalization Service (INS) spokesman Francisco Arcaute.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>CALLS FOR HELP</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>Islamic groups and the local chapter of the America=
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Liberties Union (ACLU) said they had been swamped with calls for=20
help.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>INS spokesman Arcaute said those arrested had viola=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>Islamic community leaders said many of the detainee=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>The Iranian protesters said many of those detained =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DTimes>One Syrian man said he went to register in Orange C=
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