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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (8368)	6/20/2006 10:14:51 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Arab-Americans Sue U.S. Over Re-entry Procedures [ACLU involved] The New York Times ^ \| June 20, 2006 \| By NEIL MacFARQUHAR A group of Muslim and Arab-Americans, frustrated by what they say is the climate of suspicion and fear that dogs their re-entry into the United States from trips abroad, sued the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. yesterday, demanding that the courts protect their civil rights. The seven main plaintiffs in the class action suit assert that both the United States Congress and the federal government are ignoring the plight of innocent Americans harassed repeatedly because of problems with the terrorist watch list. The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Chicago by the American Civil Liberties Union, contends that the courts alone can ensure that antiterrorism policies do not repeatedly subject ordinary Americans to detention, questioning, fingerprinting and the like. "These are law-abiding citizens, and it is too extreme, too offensive," said Harvey Grossman, the legal director for the A.C.L.U.'s Illinois branch, saying that repeated complaints to Homeland Security as well as senators or congressmen barely get a response. "The court is the only forum where these people have a chance to get a hearing." The lawsuit asserts that repeated border detentions and improper actions of border guards violate the plaintiffs' constitutional protection against unreasonable search and seizure and their right to travel. Civil rights lawyers and government officials note that the courts have often struck down efforts to limit the scope of searches or questioning by border agents. [snip] "We will not let anybody into the country until we are sure they are not going to do harm to our citizens and violate our laws; it is that simple," said Bill Anthony, the senior public affairs spokesman for United States Customs and Border Protection. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com .... nytimes.com