The US registered and deported tens of thousands of Muslims on non-terrorism charges

Evidence

NSEERS required all nonimmigrant men over the age of sixteen from twenty-four Muslim-majority countries to register with the immigration service. The program initiated mass fingerprinting for “higher-risk visiting aliens” at ports of entry, using “intelligence criteria reflecting patterns of terrorist organizations’ activities.” These purportedly high-risk individuals would be required to “periodically confirm where they are living and what they are doing in the United States.” More than 80,000 Muslims and Arabs were registered under NSEERS. Knowing where these nonimmigrants were located facilitated the government’s deportation of more than 13,000 of them on non-terrorism-related immigration violations. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 904 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Tens of thousands of US Muslims faced registry, arbitrary arrest, detention or deportation; Over 80,000 Muslims registered under NSEERS with 13,000 deported on non-terrorism violations. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 904; NSEERS registry targeted nearly all Muslim-majority nations and detained thousands — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 286 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Over 80,000 Muslims registered under NSEERS with 13,000 deported on non-terrorism violations. #exemplifies (0.96) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 904