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01-16-2003, 12:34 AM
<span style='font-family:comic sans ms'><span style='color:6633FF' >Male Visitors From Five More Countries Will Have to Register With INS
Wednesday, January 15, 2003
WASHINGTON — Males 16 and over from Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Bangladesh will be required to register with U.S. immigration authorities under a post-Sept. 11 program criticized by opponents as overly harsh toward non-citizens.
In addition, the Immigration and Naturalization Service will give long-term visitors from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria who missed a Dec. 16 deadline another chance to register without penalty, said two Bush administration officials, speaking Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
Inclusion of the five latest countries will affect thousands of long-term male visitors to the United States, the largest group since the program began last fall, officials said.
Under a program enacted by Congress in response to the Sept. 11 attacks, males 16 and older from 25 countries are required to visit local INS offices to be photographed and fingerprinted and show certain documents. The countries included are considered potential havens for terrorists.
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Wednesday, January 15, 2003
WASHINGTON — Males 16 and over from Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Bangladesh will be required to register with U.S. immigration authorities under a post-Sept. 11 program criticized by opponents as overly harsh toward non-citizens.
In addition, the Immigration and Naturalization Service will give long-term visitors from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria who missed a Dec. 16 deadline another chance to register without penalty, said two Bush administration officials, speaking Wednesday on condition of anonymity.
Inclusion of the five latest countries will affect thousands of long-term male visitors to the United States, the largest group since the program began last fall, officials said.
Under a program enacted by Congress in response to the Sept. 11 attacks, males 16 and older from 25 countries are required to visit local INS offices to be photographed and fingerprinted and show certain documents. The countries included are considered potential havens for terrorists.
Hope the terrorists don't start sending females http://gopusa.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tqrolleyes.gif (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,75668,00.html )</span></span>