] "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." Are you fucking kidding me? Did I go to sleep and wake up in a nightmare? My boyfriend's parents risked their very lives fleeing Hungary in the 1970's to have a child in this country, a country free of communism, and now 30 years later, America is on its way to something similar? We're all immigrants, that's what this country is made of, and now we are jailing young men who came here looking for a better life, just as our ancestors did years ago, simply because they are from countries that "scare" us?!? How come there's no other news about this? This country is rapidly turning into a place that i can't defend anymore. Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in Calif. |