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INS Secrets Unveiled: The U.S. War on Immigrants
February 26, 2003
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Civil libertarians and immigrant rights advocates charge that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, in collaboration with other government agencies, has been stripping away the civil liberties of Middle Eastern immigrants in the name of the so-called war on terrorism.
On this edition of Making Contact, correspondents Sarah Olson and Pauline Bartolone examine the treatment of immigrants under new INS policies and practices. We also address whether the rights of U.S. citizens are under threat as well.
Featuring:
Howard Zinn, author and historian; David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center; Allyson Collins, former associate director for the U.S. Program at Human Rights Watch; Bill Strassberger, press officer for the INS; Amer Jubran, a Palestinian refugee who was arrested by the INS; Farouk Abdel-Muthi, an Arab immigrant who is being held in detention by the INS; Heba Nimr, INS Watch; Lucy Daglish, Rerporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Hershall Fink, lead council for plaintiffs in the Detroit Free Press vs. Josh Ashcroft case; Noel Saleh, Michigan ACLU; Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender; Linda Sharif, Arab-American Anti-Discrimination League; Mark Vanderhaught, National Lawyers Guild; Shelia Patel, Not in our Name Project.
Howard Zinn is a supporter of National Radio Project.
For more information:
The Amer Jubran Defense Committee
P.O. Box 755
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
ajdc@amerjubrandefense.org
www.amerjubrandefense.org/
Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue NW
Washinton DC 20001
202-662-9078
Human Rights Watch
1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20009 USA
202.612.4349
www.hrw.org
Committee for the Release of Farouk Abdel-Muhti
POB 20587
Tompkins Sq. Station
New York, NY 10009
212-674-9499
freefarouk@yahoo.com
Michigan American Civil Liberties Union
60 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201
Lucy Dalglish
Executive Director
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
1815 N. Fort Myer Drive Suite 900
Arlington, VA 22209
800-336 4243; rcfp@rcfp.org
www.rcfp.org
INS Watch
La Raza Centro Legal
474 Valencia St. Suite 295
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-575-3500
415-255-7593