Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "Voices That Must Be Heard" Articles Description An account of the resource The Independent Press Association (IPA) translates articles from the ethnic press (when necessary) and distributes them via web and fax newsletter to mainstream and ethnic press, government offices, nonprofits, and interested individuals. Voices That Must be Heard was designed by the Independent Press Association staff in New York City in response to the horrifying events of September 11. After Sept. 11th, Voices focused on the South Asian, Arab and Middle Eastern communities in New York. Since February 2002, the project has expanded, selecting articles from the broad range of ethnic and community newspapers throughout the city. Here, the Archive has preserved the Voices collection from its inception until November 2002. VTMBH Article VTMBH Article: Edition 32 VTMBH Article: Article Order 2 VTMBH Article: Title Raids on Pakistani homes and arrests are at their peak: 60 arrested from Queens and Brooklyn this week VTMBH Article: Author M.R. Farrukh VTMBH Article: Publication Pakistan Post VTMBH Article: Original Language Urdu VTMBH Article: Translator Rehan Ansari VTMBH Article: Section news VTMBH Article: Blurb The INS and FBI arrested 60 people in Queens and Brooklyn and charged them with immigration violations. The Pakistani communities are terrified, and many are fleeing Brooklyn. VTMBH Article: Keywords VTMBH Article: Body The INS and FBI are raiding the homes of those whose country of origin, Pakistan, is Americas greatest ally in the war against terrorism. Within the last week, the agencies arrested 60 people in Queens and Brooklyn. They were all charged with violations relating to their immigration status. The Pakistani communities are terrified. According to numerous accounts, thousands of families are fleeing Brooklyn because it seems that the agencies are focused on this borough. People are moving to other states, Canada and Pakistan. Many travel agents in Brooklyn tell of Pakistanis going back to Pakistan on one-way tickets. Abid Rafay, who runs a travel agency and is also in the insurance business, says that Pakistanis previously issued deportation papers are now leaving for Pakistan to avoid being raided. Pakistanis are the main focus of the FBI and INS. The raids cause hardships that must be heard to be believed. A woman, residing in Long Island, heard from her husband four months after he was arrested in Pennsylvania. He has just now had a hearing. A woman whose husband is in jail has three kids and no means of livelihood was recently assaulted. Many Pakistani business are bing hurt. Officials in the Pakistan Embassy, who are responsible for detainees, say that Musharref simply is not talking about Overseas Pakistanis with Washington. Rep. Major Owens recently told the Pakistan Post that President Musharref made no effort to advocate against the raids. Musharref is coming to address the UN in the second week of September. But how can he be pressured to speak for leniency for Pakistanis living illegally in the United States? Officers from the Police Intelligence Units of the NYPD went to Pakistani businesses on Coney Island Avenue and asked for all kinds of information. They did not make any arrests but nor did they seem to question any of the neighboring Turkish, Mexican, or Russian businesses. VTMBH Article: Line Breaks 1 VTMBH Article: Date 2002-08-28 VTMBH Article: Thumb VTMBH Article: Article File VTMBH Article: Hit Count 514 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Raids on Pakistani homes and arrests are at their peak: 60 arrested from Queens and Brooklyn this we 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. article Original Name The original name of this item. The INS and FBI arrested 60 people in Queens and Brooklyn and charged them with immigration violatio Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2002-08-28