Jill Serjeant’s Reuters Article:
Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars. Shocked and frustrated Islamic and immigrant groups estimate that more than 500 people have been arrested in Los Angeles, neighboring Orange County and San Diego in the past three days under a new nationwide anti-terrorism program. Some unconfirmed reports put the figure as high as 1,000. The arrests sparked a demonstration by hundreds of Iranians outside a Los Angeles immigration office.
Having read and researched this development, I remarked to a friend that I really had to dig in each source (New York Times, Washington Post, etc.) to find this piece of news and that it is a shame that only NPR and Pacifica News made any big mention of it.
*Well, d-uh, the terrorists were Arab in origin.* Arguably, the new Ministry of Homeland Security (MiniHose) is doing its job of figuring out whether these Arab men are in America for valid reasons or not. So, they’re doing their duty. But, do they have to pack these men into rooms like a pack of mules for days? Notice also that no Saudi Arabian or Kuwaiti men are scheduled to undergo this same level of scrutiny. They’d run crying to Daddy Oil Sheikh and we’ll have to pay $3.00 a gallon for gasoline.
Yeah, the Islamists are REALLY going to love us now! Repeat after me: duck and cover, duck and cover …
