> That said, I should add that the work of such bodies as the ACLU has
> so far been reactive. Yet we are confronted with a situation where
> FBI agents have been sent to "interview" a projected total of 5000
> immigrants who have entered the country in the last two years. We
> have been told that FBI agents are under instructions to arrest
> anyone disclosing evidence of any violation of law, on the spot. So
> these interviews are fraught with peril for the uninformed, who
> may make an innocent misstatement and end up facing perjury
> charges. So why haven't groups like the ACLU distributed "know your
> rights" cards for those who have been profiled and are now in the
> FBI's sights?
The National Lawyers Guild (an excellent organization that manages to unite Justin, Charles, Nathan and myself) did just that a couple of months ago: http://www.nlg.org/post911/rightsinfo.htm with copies in Arabic and Farsi.
john mage