Men Deported in Post-9/11 Roundups Reach $1.26M Settlement With U.S.


	Men Deported in Post-9/11 Roundups Reach $1.26M Settlement With U.S.

lakotahope

11-4-2009 12:56 PM

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immigrant, deportees, payment for deportation

lakotahope says:

This is probably more than all of the Japanese Americans received who were locked up during WWII. If all of your enemy are a particular religion, what are you going to do when confronted with this fact after a terrorist attack? Nothing logical can be done...

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