------------------------- Via Workers World News Service Reprinted from the Jan. 23, 2003 issue of Workers World newspaper -------------------------
"STOP THE RACIST ROUND-UPS!" A week of daily protests at the Immigration and Naturalization Service in San Francisco and Los Angeles culminated in a Jan. 10 action in which hundreds of supporters of Arab and Muslim men--who face mandatory registration if they are over 16--came out to condemn this latest attack. Jan. 10 was the deadline for the second phase of a racist round-up affecting men from Afghanistan, Lebanon, North Korea, Bahrain, Eritrea, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Already across this country 7,200 men, many without legal representation, have been thrown in jail for any inconsistency the INS determines in their visa status. Many at the Jan. 10 protest compared what the INS is doing to the concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II. This current witch-hunt is meant to create a climate of hostility and intimidation, primarily against Arab people. - END - (Copyright Workers World Service: Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this document, but changing it is not allowed. For more information contact Workers World, 55 W. 17 St., NY, NY 10011; via e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe wwnews- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Support the voice of resistance http://www.workers.org/orders/donate.php) ------------------ This message is sent to you by Workers World News Service. To subscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
