JURIST - Paper Chase: Controversial nonimmigrant registration system to be ended

In immigration law news Friday, the Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security will soon abandon a special registration system requiring nonimmigrant adult males from 25 predominantly Muslim nations to register with immigration authorities and re-register annually or face deportation. Critics of the system had said that the requirements were poorly publicized, that it created "deportation traps" and alienated law-abiding visitors while doing little to enhance national security. Nihad Awad, Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, applauded elimination of the registration program. Awad added, "Like all Americans, Muslims are concerned about national security and will support any measures that treat all visitors equally."

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