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Respected Academic Denied Entry into U.S.

By Sean Gonsalves <http://www.alternet.org/authors/4581/> , AlterNet
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It's not just "security walls" that can keep "aliens" from entering Fortress
America. 

The State Department has this thing they call "prudential revocation" of a
foreigner's visa. Translating the bureaucratese into English, that means the
government doesn't have to make a formal finding about why an "alien" is
being denied entry. A "prudential revocation" means the governments thinks
you might be ineligible for entry.

Case in point: Professor Adam
<http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Adam_Habib> Habib, a leading
South African political scientist and Vice Chancellor at the University of
Johannesburg, who also happens be a critic of Bush's misled crusade to
maintain U.S. hegemony over Middle Eastern energy resources under the guise
of ridding the world of "terrorism."

In October 2006, Habib, a Muslim, flew into New York City because he was
invited to attend an academic symposium being held by the
/fixthefxi.blogspot.com/2007/11/adam-habib-south-africa-and-us.html"> South
Africa-based Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI).

The cited reason for revoking Habib's visa is a section of the U.S.
Immigration and Nationality Act that says any 'alien' who has engaged in a
terrorist activity, or who is believed to be a terrorist threat, can be
denied entry.

The law also says that anyone who represents a foreign terrorist
organization, or endorses terrorist views, can also be excluded. But, the
convoluted denial did not explain how Habib supposedly violated the Act.

In November 2007, the ACLU filed a lawsuit on behalf of organizations that
have invited Professor Habib to speak in the U.S., including the ASA, the
American Association of University Professors, the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Committee and the Boston Coalition for Palestinian
Rights.

The lawsuit -- still pending in federal court -- asks the court to prevent
the government from excluding Habib, unless evidence is produced that
substantiates the "terrorist" accusations.

"In one fell swoop, the U.S. government has stifled political debate in this
country and maligned the reputation of a respected scholar without giving
one shred of evidence to support its claims. It appears that Professor Habib
is being excluded not because of his actions but because of his political
views and associations," is how ACLU's National Security Project attorney
Melissa Goodman puts it.

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