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Arab, Muslim Men Rush to Meet INS Registration Deadline

NPR | By Jennifer Ludden
Published January 9, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Thousands of men from Arab and Muslim nations line up to register at INS offices to meet a Friday deadline imposed by a new visitor registration system. Meanwhile, civil rights groups sue the government, charging the program is discriminatory. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

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Jennifer Ludden
Jennifer Ludden helps edit energy and environment stories for NPR's National Desk, working with NPR staffers and a team of public radio reporters across the country. They track the shift to clean energy, state and federal policy moves, and how people and communities are coping with the mounting impacts of climate change.
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