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It's not known how many would be terrorists have been apprehended since scrutiny of immigrants began to tighten immediately after 9/11. But it has certainly placed the lives of many immigrants in jeopardy as they found themselves rounded up and facing deportation sometimes for the most inadvertent of visa violations. For Keshav Jiwnani though deportation might literally be a matter of life and death. He is fighting an uphill battle against being deported back to a country where his homosexuality is considered a crime....
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00:00 music bed for intro
00:20 body O/Q: "no home back home"
8:02 music bed out
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Posted on October 01, 2003 at 01:44 PM | Permalink
Review of Deportation double whammy
Post-9/11 many immigrants have a world of new concerns and fears, their continued existence in America precarious, their future often resting in the hands of the law. This piece brings us close to one man’s experience and anxiety as he awaits his deportation hearing.