Posted on 12/25/2002, 1:16:49 AM by John Lenin
Muslims File Lawsuits Against Ashcroft, INS
Newsmax WiresWASHINGTON -- Several Muslims civil liberties groups Monday filed a lawsuit against U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Immigration and Naturalization Service for what they say is the unlawful arrest of hundreds of Muslims.
Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2002
The arrests were part of an INS campaign to register millions of aliens living in this country.
So far, visitors and long-time residents from mainly 20 Muslim countries have been ordered to register with the INS but the list could be further expanded.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, asserts the INS unlawfully arrested large numbers of people, Dec. 16 through Dec. 18 in Los Angeles as they came forward to voluntarily comply with new "special registration" requirements.
Four of the hundreds arrested as a result of the new INS policy are co-plaintiffs, along with two others who are afraid to register due to the illegal arrests.
The lawsuit takes issue with four aspects of the recent arrests and seeks an immediate injunction to avoid similar detentions during upcoming registrations.
Citizens and nationals of 13 countries including Afghanistan, Algeria, United Arab Emirates and Yemen are required to register by Jan. 10 while those of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are to register by Feb. 21.
The lawsuit -- filed by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Alliance of Iranian Americans, Council on American Islamic-Relations, and the National Council of Pakistani Americans -- states the arrests were illegal because the government did not obtain the necessary arrest warrants.
It says it is unlawful and unjust to arrest and deport people who are eligible to apply to legalize their status based on family relationships or their employment.
No Bail
Some detainees with avenues available to legalize their status are being detained without bail or bail hearings, the plaintiffs argue.
They say the fear of mass arrests created by these detentions will obviously inhibit compliance by people facing similar registration deadlines in the near future.
The Muslim advocacy groups are seeking:
Although the special registration policy has been presented as a national security measure designed to counter potential terrorist threats, the INS has been using the registration process to not only enforce immigration law but to arrest and deport people who have complied with the law at every stage and are on the road to becoming permanent residents, the plaintiffs say.
The effort to deport law-abiding people who could just as easily be allowed to continue the immigration process seriously undermines prospects for future compliance and constitutes an absurd waste of resources, they argue.
The mass arrests, they say, have further eroded confidence in the fairness of the INS and immigration system among Arab and Muslim communities.
Dec. 16 was the first in a series of deadlines for special registration, which are set to culminate in 2004 with the registration of all foreign nationals in the United States.
The mass arrests which took place in Los Angeles last week, and the lawsuit filed Monday, have profound significance for the future of the registration process in many immigrant communities, and immigrants' rights in general, the plaintiffs said.
The lead attorneys in the case are Peter A. Schey and Carlos R. Holguin of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law. Other co-counsel include several attorneys in the ADC Legal Department, Babak Sotoodeh of AIA, Khurrum Wahid of CAIR, Joannie Chang of the Asian Law Caucus, and several California law firms.
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Could be an upside to this. While the case is in progress, it would be inappropriate for the president to be meeeting with the plaintiffs.
I don't believe in holding back these atrocious videos as they make evident what kind of animals we are dealing with.
But these need a warning for the tender-hearted.
Merry Christmas happygrl...and Thank you...
Here are some snips from Twenty-Year Plan for USA: Islam Targets America (Dr. Anis Shorrosh)
(NOTE: We are beginning to already see these appear, just as predicted!)
The following is my analysis of Islamic invasion of America, the agenda of Islamists and visible methods to take over America by the year 2020! Will Americans continue to sleep through this invasion as they did when we were attacked on 9/11?
1. Terminate America’s freedom of speech by replacing it with hate crime bills state-wide and nation-wide.
2. Wage a war of words using black leaders like Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jesse Jackson and other visible religious personalities to promote Islam as the original African-American’s religion while Christianity is for the whites! Strange enough, no one tells the African-Americans that it was the Arab Muslims who captured them and sold them as slaves, neither the fact that in Arabic the word for black and slave is the same, “Abed.”
3. Engage the American public in dialogues, discussions, debates in colleges, universities, public libraries, radio, TV, churches and mosques on the virtues of Islam. Proclaim how it is historically another religion like Judaism and Christianity with the same monotheistic faith.
4. Nominate Muslim sympathizers to political office for favorable legislation to Islam and support potential sympathizers by block voting.
5. Take control of as much of Hollywood, the press, TV, radio and the internet by buying the corporations or a controlling stock.
6. Yield to the fear of imminent shut-off of the lifeblood of America — the black gold. America’s economy depends on oil, (1000 products are derived from oil), so does its personal and industrial transportation and manufacturing — 41% comes from the Middle East.
7. Yell, “foul, out-of-context, personal interpretation, hate crime, Zionist, un-American, inaccurate interpretation of the Quran” anytime Islam is criticized or the Quran is analyzed in the public arena.
(Dr. Anis Shorrosh in Koenig's International News, December 22, 2002)
The President has to be all things to all people.
One thing he doesn't have to be however is an accomplice to the spread of Islam.
IMHO, Bush is taking poor council by lambasting christians while at the same time sanctifying Islam (the religion of peace).
People (westerners-mainly Americans) do not have a concept of viciousness the religion of peace practices.
I agree, a warning is in order just to clear the kiddies and moms from the room prior to witnessing it though.
Grown men need to see this.
But I was just soooo infuriated, and my Marine friend was here, and gave me the site and videos...Yes, all grown men and women (like me) should view these...
These people are just subhuman...they do not value the gift of life at all...
Merry Xmas My Friend and God Bless...
Actually, there is a process the muslims use when killing their prisoners.
I've seen the pattern more than once.
1. Just before the physical torture begins, the infidel (victim) is forced to confess they are either a Jew, lover of Jews, and an infidel (or all three).
2. Varied torture(s) begin (a gunshot to the arm or another appendage or a gradual beheading).
3. The beheading.
Muslims are terrified of entering eternity withouth their physical head attatched to their body. It is believed that if they die without a head, they will spend eternity in that state.
I recall in '91 when the U.S. Marines were being filmed by international news just before being deployed to Desert Storm in places like Pendleton, Lajune, etc., they always made it a point to get at least a few sharpening their bayonets . . .
Hence, beheading is not only a brutally cruel and tortuous death inflicted on the islamic infidel, but it also curses them to an eternity without a head.
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