Saturday, December 21, 2002

MSNBC -- Attorneys: Calif. Muslims detained

Hundreds of Muslim men and boys are being subjected to strip searches in freezing, standing-room-only detention centers in Southern California after being arrested for routine visa irregularities, immigration lawyers said Thursday.

THEY ESTIMATED that between 1,000 and 2,500 males, some as young as 16, were spending their fourth day locked up in what they called inhumane conditions after voluntarily presenting themselves at immigration offices to register under new anti-terrorism rules.

Activists said they expected more demonstrations in coming days. “The Iranian community is not going to sit and not respond to this outrage,” said Jonoubi, a Los Angeles resident for 15 years and now a U.S. citizen.

"I cannot believe that I lived to see the day that such human rights violations occur in the United States of America in the 21st century.”

Get used to it or start doing something.

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