Immigrants in fear of deportation

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Andre Aniba acknowledges he hasn’t always played by the rules. In 1998, the former pastry chef came to the United States from Tunisia on a three-month tourist visa. He has lived here ever since.

BUT WHEN Congress passed legislation two years later that allowed illegal immigrants to apply for permanent residency, Aniba quickly sent in the proper forms. Early this year, when the government called on visitors from 25 nations that are considered havens for terrorists to register with immigration authorities, he dutifully appeared.
       To his horror, Aniba, whose application to work as a chef at a Maryland restaurant was pending, was told he would be deported.
       His experience was hardly exceptional. With little public notice outside immigrant communities, the government is moving to deport the largest number of visitors from Middle Eastern and other Muslim countries in U.S. history — more than 13,000 of the nearly 83,000 men older than 16 who complied with the registration program by various deadlines between last September and April.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/944889.asp?0cv=CB20

A kinder gentler GOP nation.

Surely there are many more illegal Mexican Immigrants in the US.

http://darkerxdarker.tripod.com/

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1. Jim Crow Immigration Policy