ACLU Comment on Obama Rescinding Muslim and Arab Special Registration System

December 22, 2016 10:00 am

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration announced today that it will rescind the special registration system for Muslim and Arab immigrants known as NSEERS.

The dormant National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) could have been reactivated by President-elect Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to target Muslim immigrants for “.â€

Joanne Lin, ACLU senior legislative counsel, had the following statement:

“NSEERS was a completely failed counter-terrorism tool and massive profiling program that didn’t yield a single terrorism conviction in nearly a decade. The ACLU applauds the Obama administration for terminating NSEERS for good. With this action, the U.S. is on the right path to protect Muslim and Arab immigrants from discrimination.â€

The NSEERS registration system was put in place by President George W. Bush in the aftermath of 9/11. but left the regulatory framework in place.

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