Muslim visitors to US ‘targeted unfairly’
Immigrant and Arab-American organisations say a post-September 11 security measure designed to identify potential terrorists is continuing to target visitors from Muslim countries unfairly, even though the Bush administration said it had intended to eliminate the scheme in favour of a universal registration requirement for travellers to the US. The national security entry/exit registration system (NSEERS), a controversial system first implemented in September 2002 by the Justice Department, established a national registry for temporary foreign visitors who were identified as potential security risks or who came from one of 25 countries. Full Story
