Deadline Looming for Many Foreigners
Men from five predominantly Muslim countries have until Monday to submit to fingerprints, photographs and interviews with the government, or face deportation. Men from 13 other nations have until Jan. 10.
The men must show a passport with entry stamp, identification and work or school documents. Exemptions are made for permanent residents, those granted asylum and diplomats and their dependents.
Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft ordered the registrations last month to better track foreigners in the U.S. Authorities estimate 10,000 people are affected.
Those who must register by Monday are males age 16 or older who were born in Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Libya or Syria who entered the U.S. by Sept. 10.
The Jan. 10 deadline is for men from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Kerry Gill, a spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Newark, said offices were open for the registration process, but declined further comment.
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