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L.A. Immigrants Protest INS Detentions

By Andy Bowers
Published December 18, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

Thousands of Iranian-Americans protest INS detentions of sons, brothers and fathers. A new anti-terrorism effort requires male visitors from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria to register, but some who sought to register were detained. NPR's Andy Bowers reports.

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