Mass Arrests of Muslims in LA

World | December 19, 2002, Thursday // 00:00

Immigration officials in southern California have detained hundreds of Iranians and other Muslim men who turned up to register under residence laws brought in as part of the United States' anti-terror drive. Muslim groups estimated that at least 500 men were detained in and around Los Angeles after they complied with an order to register by 16 December. The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) is refusing to give numbers for the arrests but did say that detainees were being held for immigration violations or other offences. The arrests sparked angry protests in the city by Iranian-Americans waving banners which read "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "Free our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons". Under the new US immigration rules, male immigrants from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria who have not been naturalised were required to register by Monday. Immigrants from other mainly Muslim states have been set later deadlines for registration. Community groups said men had been arrested in LA, Orange County and San Diego.

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