READ WHAT RADICAL ISLAM HAS CAUSED

Following the September 11 attacks, there was no drastic change in the immigration laws, but the Executive under Attorney General Ashcroft tweaked the rules to make it easier to detain immigrants. The DOJ regulations on September 20, 2001, authorizes the INS to hold any non-citizen in custody for 48 hours or an unspecified “additional reasonable time” before charging the person with an offense. In the post 9/11 sweep, immigrants were detained and deported in secret. Although they were detained because of immigration violations for lengthy periods of time, it was under the pretext of investigating them for suspected links to terrorism. In the end, the over 1000 immigrants who were detained and deported in secret were not charged or convicted of terrorism. To this date, the government has refused to release the names of these detainees.

The Bush Administration also pursued immigrants who had outstanding deportation orders in the past but had not left. They have been targeting nationals of countries with mainly Islamic populations. Many unknowingly received deportation orders in absentia because they had changed addresses and did not know about the order until they were arrested as part of this post 9/11 enforcement. Some also have married US citizens and have citizen children, but are still subject to immediate expulsion from the US.

This Administration then implemented Special Registration. This program applied to males of certain nationality, generally over 16 years, who entered the US on nonimmigrant visas on or before a particular date. Special Registration applied to males from 26 countries, 25 of which had significant Islamic populations. Dutifully, 85,000 people lined up to register, thinking that they should cooperate with the government. Unfortunately, 13,000 who were found to have immigration violations, many of whom may have been on the path to getting green cards, were placed in deportation proceedings.

Those who failed to register during the filing window are truly affected today. Even though being out of status may not be a crime, failing to register carries criminal penalties and such a person is not just subject to deportation but also to criminal prosecution. Furthermore, people who failed to register inadvertently are unable to apply for an immigration benefit that may have arisen today, such as a recent marriage to a US citizen spouse.

There is a sense of fear and vulnerability today in a post 9/11 world. The USA PATRIOT Act broadened the law with respect to terrorism, terrorist activity and supporting terrorism. At the time of this writing, the House of Representatives in the US Congress has approved of a bill, H.R. 418, that would make it difficult for immigrants to get drivers’ licenses, tighten asylum eligibility and again expand the law defining terrorism.

People who were already made vulnerable by the passage of the 1996 law, feel even more vulnerable today in a post 9/11 world. Old crimes that would not have been detected are now being increasingly detected because of the revamping of the immigration functions within the new Department of Homeland Security. Within the DHS, the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have ramped up enforcement against foreign nationals both at the border and within the interior of the US. Minor past crimes, even though not subjecting one to deportability, can prevent one from showing good moral character, which is so important for obtaining US citizenship and other immigration benefits.

The DOJ also announced in December 2001 that it would be entering the names of hundreds of immigration violations into the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database so that local police could apprehend them. There are also increasing efforts on the part of states to authorize local police to apprehend immigration law violators.

This revamped immigration enforcement is not being applied equally against all foreign nationals. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is directing more of its resources towards targeting suspect nationalities. Thus, in a post-9/11 world, people of certain nationalities or religious affiliations are likely to be more severely impacted as opposed to people who do not belong to suspect nationalities.

In Los Angeles, there are thousands and thousands of Asians and Latinos, but only few Arabs and even fewer Moroccans. Thanks to the criminal acts of some terrorist fanatics, these numbers will remain small. Those who believe in a brighter future for themselves and their kids in the West can put that dream to rest, because some group of lunatics who believe in a paradise full of sensual pleasures and heavenly sex with extremely beautiful virgin Houris, had condemned that dream to perdition.
For their stupidity to believe in such outdated erotic religious tale, for their crime against the innocents who died that day, and for all the people who suffered thereafter, may their stinky souls perish in Hell forever. Amen.

[_thetruth]

If you don't like it go home

Originally posted by _thetruth
If you don't like it go home

What does it have to do with the above article?!?!?!?!?!?!

[_thetruth]

there is no such radical Islam. Islam is peace People are sinners enemies of Islam will always find a way to accuse religion and make life hell

[Ghazala]

Jeff,
Have you personally suffered any discrimination since 9/11? You're in the US right?