how voluntary this really is
What's next, a voluntary arab visitor DNA database? from http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/national/29DEAR.html The Detroit Free Press reported on an Immigration and Naturalization Service memorandum that said those who were interviewed could be held without bond if investigators developed an interest in them. The memorandum, dated Friday, was written by Michael A. Pearson, executive associate commissioner of the immigration service, and was sent to all regional offices. It said requests by the Federal Bureau of Investigation "to detain immigration violators under `no bond' should be honored and will be handled in the same manner as all prior cases with a direct nexus to the Sept. 11 investigation." Noel Saleh, an immigration lawyer with many Arab clients, said of the memorandum, "It just confirms our suspicion that what they've been saying was to be a friendly encounter is not going to be a friendly encounter." ... "I think it is going to make some people not even show up," he added. "Then they will go looking for them. And then we will see how voluntary this really is."
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Khoder bin Hakkin