[quote]Reports say between 500 and 700 men were arrested in and around Los Angeles after they complied with an order to register by 16 December.[/quote]

[quote]The arrests sparked angry protests in Los Angeles by thousands of Iranian-Americans waving banners which read "What's next? Concentration camps?" and "Free our fathers, brothers, husbands and sons".[/quote]

[quote]Ramona Ripston, executive director of the Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the arrests were reminiscent of the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.

"I think it is shocking what is happening," she said.[/quote]

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