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INS Registrations Target Middle Eastern Immigrants

By Steve Inskeep,
Jennifer Ludden
Published January 11, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

The government again takes fingerprints and photos of thousands of foreign men -- most from the Middle East. The overwhelming response to an earlier registration deadline meant many who showed up were held without legal counsel for several days. NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Jennifer Ludden report.

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Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.