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DESCRIPTION:\nSubject: Emergency Protest at Noon at SFINS Office - Friday June 13, 
 \n2003\n\n\nJune 11, 2003\n\nFrom: Rachel Swain (ACLUNC Communications 
 Coordinator)\n\nCivil Rights, Community Groups Protest 
 Looming\nDeportations of 13,000 Immigrants,\nCall on INS to Halt Expulsions 
 of Muslim and Arab Men\n\nWhat:  	News Conference and Protest\nWhen:   
 	Friday, June 13, 2003, 12:00 noon-1:30 PM    \n          \nWhere:  	 
 Immigration and Naturalization (INS)\nBuilding\n                 	444 
 Washington Street (at Sansome),\nSan Francisco\nWho:	(list speakers 
 here)\n	Jayashri Srikantiah, Staff Attorney, American Civil\nLiberties 
 Union of Northern California \nMatthew VonSaun, Amnesty 
 International		\nSamina Faheem, American Muslims Alliance\nGreg Marutani, 
 SF Japanese American Citizens League\nRiva Enteen, National Lawyers 
 Guild\nRev. John Oda (Pine United Methodist Church)\nstatement from Lynne 
 Stewart\nAnd others \n\nSAN FRANCISCO -- Civil rights and 
 community\norganizations will hold a news conference and\ndemonstration 
 outside the Immigration and\nNaturalization Service (INS) offices in San 
 Francisco\non Friday, June 13.  Following reports that 13,000 of\nthe Arab 
 and Muslim men who voluntarily registered\nwith the INS as part of the 
 government’s controversial\nSpecial Registration Program (NSEERS) will 
 face\ndeportation, the groups are calling on the INS to halt\nthe 
 expulsions of men from a list of mainly Arab and\nMuslim nations. The 
 groups say that the proposed\ndeportations constitute racial profiling and 
 will not\naid the fight against terrorism.\n\nOnly a handful of the 82,000 
 men over the age of 16\nwho complied with government orders to register 
 with\ntheir local INS office have been linked to terrorism.\nYet government 
 officials say that more than 13,000, or\n16 percent, are living in this 
 country illegally and\nwill face deportation. Thousands of 
 law-abiding\nindividuals, many of whom are awaiting permanent\nresident 
 status due to INS processing or delays, will\nunjustly face deportation, 
 according to civil rights\nand community leaders. \n\nThe deportations are 
 part of a systematic erosion of\nimmigrants’ rights since the terrorist 
 attacks of\nSeptember 11, 2001, the groups say. A recent report by\nthe 
 Inspector General of the U.S. Department of\nJustice found that the Bush 
 Administration’s round-up\nof non-citizens immediately after Sept. 11 was 
 plagued\nwith problems, forcing many people with no connection\nto 
 terrorism to languish behind bars in unduly harsh\nconditions. Officials 
 made "made little attempt\ndistinguish" between individuals with possible 
 ties to\nterrorism and those with visa infractions who 
 were\n"coincidentally" swept up, the report said. Despite\nthese findings, 
 on Thursday, May 27, Attorney General\nJohn Ashcroft urged Congress to 
 expand an anti-terror\nlaw to permit the U.S. government to hold 
 more\nsuspects indefinitely.  \n\nSponsored by\nAmnesty International,  
 American Muslim Alliance, The\nBlue Triangle Network, Justice for New 
 Americans,\nRefuse & Resist!, South Alameda County Peace and\nJustice 
 Coalition\n\nEndorsed by: American Civil Liberties Union of\nNorthern 
 California, ADCSF, Global Exchange, National\nLawyers Guild, Justice for 
 New Americans, People's\nNonViolent Response Networ\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/21013.php
SUMMARY:Emergency Protest at SF INS Office
LOCATION:SF INS Office\n444 Washington Street\nSan Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/21013.php
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