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<dd>GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR: Immigrant Civil Liberties, National
Security and the American Dream<br><br>
<dd>Carl Takei<br>
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<dd>Boston College, School of Law<br><br>
<dd>Nancy Murray<br>
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<dd>American Civil Liberties Union<br><br>
<dd>John Pollack<br>
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<dd>Detainee Working Group of the National Lawyers Guild<br><br>
<dd>Professor Shahid Alam <br>
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<dd>Northeastern University Professor, who will discuss academic freedom
and his personal case<br><br>
<dd>Professor Paul Watanabe<br>
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<dd>Dept. of Political Science, University of Massachusetts,
Boston<br><br>
<dd>Moderated by Professor Kenneth Oye</b>, Center for International
Studies, MIT and Merrie Najimy </b>of the Arab American
Anti-Discrimination Committee<br><br>
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<dd>Saturday, November 19, 2005<br>
<dd>3:30-6:00 pm<br>
<dd>Building E25, Room 111<br>
<dd>45 Carleton Street<br>
<dd>Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
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<dd><font face="Times New Roman, Times">Four years ago, following the
heinous attacks of September 11, the Japanese American Citizen's League
of New England, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of
Massachusetts, and the MIT Program on Human Rights and Justice sponsored
a conference to compare and contrast experiences on the effect of
security crises on the civil liberties of ethnic minorities. In 1942,
Americans of Japanese ancestry, citizens and non-citizens alike, where
forcibly interned in prison camps. In the immediate aftermath of 9-11,
vigilantism against Sikhs and Arabs was extensive, private acts of
discrimination were endemic, and US official policies were still being
formed. The conference found that Arab and Muslim immigrants were most
vulnerable. The political freedoms, personal privacy, and economic status
of these newest Americans were most at risk.<br><br>
<dd>FOUR YEARS AFTER 9-11, join the JACL, the ADCMA, and the MIT PHRJ in
an afternoon discussion<br><br>
<dd>- To take stock of legal and political developments in the "War
on Terror"<br>
<dd>- To appraise how the "War on Terror" affects Arab and
Muslims living in New England<br>
<dd>- To assess legal and political strategies to help protect the most
vulnerable among us<br>
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<dd>Sponsored by American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, MA (ADCMA),
The Japanese American Citizens' League, NE Chapter (JACL), MIT Program on
Human Rights and Justice (PHRJ), The American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), and The National Lawyers Guild (NLG)<br>
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