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CA: New battle on civil rights front
Sac Bee ^
| 1/20/03
| Emily Bazar
Posted on 01/20/2003 3:35:14 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:47:39 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A diverse group of protesters rallied Jan. 7 at the Immigration and Naturalization Service office downtown against the federal policy of requiring males over age 16 from 20 nations, mostly in the Middle East and North Africa, to be fingerprinted, photographed and questioned.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: battle; civilrights; humanrights; middleeastern; northafrican
Since then, amid government efforts to make pre-emptive strikes against terrorism, civil libertarians believe abuses have increased.
"It brings racial profiling to a different level," said Waslin, of the National Council of La Raza. "More and more groups are being profiled."
Geesh!! Ya'd think somebody was about to round up Aztlan proponents.. ( make a mental note.. ;-) )
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01/20/2003 3:37:12 PM PST
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NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
How can racial profiling be an issue when the profiler and the profilee are of the same race?
Arabic nationals are Caucasians and, in fact, racially classifed as European.
Seems to me that the complainers are sadly lacking in a formal education. Whoda guessed?
To: NormsRevenge
All these non-profits that were there get state and federal money. We need to defund them. It would also help with the budget deficit.
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