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The volunteers warned non-immigrants that others have been detained and even deported during the photographing, fingerprinting and interview session that the INS now requires to maintain legal status.
In some instances, the volunteers said, men coming to register have been arrested for lacking documents that they had not yet received due to INS backlog.
Standing under a gray granite overhang as snow accumulated in the Government Center plaza, two students carried poster boards reading, “We are here to defend immigrant rights. Talk to us before you register with the INS,” in large print.
On the last day of registration for nationals of 18 countries—such as Somalia, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates—a broad cross-section of the population stood in line to be counted by the INS.
But detention isn’t always a brief experience, Saloom said. Her friend’s boyfriend had been deported for 16 months when he went to the INS to register, she said.