[Peace] Fwd: Oppose the INS Roundup!

[Jay Mittenthal]

>Date: Tue, 14  Jan  2003 07:53:26 -0500
>From: action at dcaclu.org
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>Subject: Oppose the INS Roundup!
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>From: Matt Howes, National Internet Organizer, ACLU
>To: ACLU Action Network
>Date: January 13, 2003
>
>1) Oppose the INS Roundup!
>
>For more than a year now, the Bush administration has launched fierce and 
>unquestionably damaging attacks on the civil liberties of every 
>American.  Particularly frightening is the government's continuous racial, 
>religious and ethnic profiling of Arabs, Muslims and South Asians.
>
>The latest in the government's series of ill-conceived and discriminatory 
>policies is the implementation of the Special Call-In Registration 
>System.  The Department of Justice has issued three notices since November 
>requiring all nonimmigrant men over the age of 16 who are from a list of 
>18 Muslim countries, North Korea and Eritrea to register in person at 
>Immigration and Naturalization Service offices before certain deadlines 
>and to check in regularly with the government every year thereafter.
>
>This campaign to register all Arab and Muslim men is not only ineffective 
>and wrong, it has also been horribly implemented.  Officials have not 
>appropriately or adequately publicized the new requirements, did not 
>immediately and accurately translate the notices into all appropriate 
>languages and did not allow enough time for individuals to learn of the 
>requirements and then register. Further, the INS did not provide a 
>registration facility in every state.
>
>Take Action! You can learn more and send a FREE FAX to Congress and tell 
>them that selective registration of people because of their national 
>origin is wrong and sets a dangerous precedent.
>
>http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11561&c=206
>
>2) Support Equal Access to Higher Education!
>
>For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided to 
>revisit the issue of affirmative action in university admissions. The 
>Court has announced that it will review two cases challenging the 
>affirmative action programs at the University of Michigan: one involving 
>the law school and the other the university's undergraduate program.
>
>A Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action could result in the 
>immediate resegregation of our nation's top universities, both public and 
>private.  Between 1996 and 2001 the number of minorities admitted to the 
>University of Texas at Austin dropped by 35 percent following a lower 
>court decision that struck down the University's affirmative action 
>program. Diversity enriches students' educational experience by exposing 
>them to different cultures, languages, philosophies, and ideas. Despite 
>the gains made during the civil rights era, racism and sexism still 
>persist in education. For the past thirty years, affirmative action has 
>been the most effective tool we have in redressing the injustices caused 
>by centuries of discrimination in our country.  Affirmative action ensures 
>that qualified individuals have equal access to opportunities.
>
>The Bush Administration has not yet stated support for affirmative 
>action.  It is crucial that President Bush signal his commitment to 
>diversity and equal opportunity in higher education by filing a brief in 
>support of affirmative action with the Supreme Court.
>
>Take Action! You can learn more and send a FREE FAX to President Bush 
>asking him to come out in support of affirmative action.
>
>http://www.aclu.org/RacialEquality/RacialEquality.cfm?ID=11571&c=134
>
>
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