I'm all for the security of the U.S. .. but I don't like this.  It just
seems wrong.  Is India included in this list?

P.T.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:16 PM
Subject: Anger at US fingerprint plan


> About 100,000 visitors a year from more than 24 countries where terrorists
have
> been known to live will be required to give fingerprints, register with
the US
> Government and detail their movements under an unprecedented plan
announced on
> Wednesday.
>
> Another group of nearly 100,000 foreigners already in the country to work,
study
> or visit will also be required to undergo fingerprinting and
photographing, in
> an effort to weed out suspected terrorists, Justice Department officials
said.
>
> The system would be the first time the US has demanded fingerprints of
such a
> large population of foreigners, and it sparked immediate protests from
> politicians, civil liberties groups and Arab-American advocates, who said
it
> amounted to wide-scale racial profiling of Muslims and people from the
Middle
> East.
>
> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/06/06/1022982744312.html

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