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Dick Durbin: “To take one example, the Special Registration program targeted Arab and Muslim visitors, requiring them to promptly…”

On the recordApril 16, 2012
To take one example, the Special Registration program targeted Arab and Muslim visitors, requiring them to promptly register with the INS or face deportation.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin discusses the discriminatory impact of the Special Registration program post-9/11.

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