quote: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars.

Shocked and frustrated Islamic and immigrant groups estimate that more than 500 people have been arrested in Los Angeles, neighboring Orange County and San Diego in the past three days under a new nationwide anti-terrorism program. Some unconfirmed reports put the figure as high as 1,000.

The arrests sparked a demonstration by hundreds of Iranians outside a Los Angeles immigration office. The protesters carried banners saying "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "What happened to liberty and justice?."

A spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service said no numbers of people arrested would be made public. " enquote

Let's see: Iranians are not Arabs, therefore not targets?

How the hell did they come up with the idea of requiring registration as a pretext for arrest and incarceration? Sounds to me like someone has read of Hitler's tactics- and doesn't understand the evil connected to it. This is not someone I want in my government...

What's next: People of a certain skin color forbidden to enter certain public places or hold certain jobs or shop in certain stores? All this- and just one bomb in one suitcase carried by ONE person in one city would get past our defences while we're busy destroying our nation's soul.

I've made some phone calls- we need to get protesters on the street, even in a little out of the way place like Juneau.