"This is a fancy way of racial profiling," said Carl Baron, an immigration attorney and researcher at the University of Texas. "Just on the basis of where a person is from the government is going to subject them to these measures. You're going to see fewer Middle Easterners willing to come to the United States and I wonder whether that isn't the real agenda."
And the reason that's bad is ....? Well maybe he has a point, why discriminate against Saudi Arabia, they should be included in this fun new program.
To: eartotheground
""Just on the basis of where
a person is from the government is going to subject them to these measures."
And tell me, Carl Baron, just how else would YOU keep terrorists out?
2 posted on
08/13/2002 1:23:45 AM PDT by
kitkat
To: eartotheground
U.S. to Begin Fingerprinting Aliens They gotta catch 'em first!!
5 posted on
08/13/2002 1:48:20 AM PDT by
uglybiker
To: eartotheground
All nationals of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria. How many of WTC bombers would get fingerprinted under this "profiling" scheme? Or Afgans for that matter?
7 posted on
08/13/2002 4:29:13 AM PDT by
A. Pole
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