On showing up
2016-11-17 18:22:32.890422+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
On showing up: Daraksha Raja on Muslim registries and the NSEERS program:
There were many Muslim immigrants who went to register because they felt if they didn't do anything wrong, after all what could have happened. They were deported. Some were arrested. Others were thrown in prisons. Some were used for entrapments and preemptive prosecutions and the state successfully destroyed local communities.
I have seen many people share that if a Registry happened, they would show up.
I would like to clarify, this has happened, and you didn't show up. On the contrary many supported all of these efforts under the post 9/11 policies.
The article quotes Migration Policy Institute: 'Special Registration' Program.
Via this Tweet.