Immigrants arrested in the United States may be held indefinitely on suspicion of terrorism and may not challenge their imprisonment in civilian courts, the Bush administration said Monday, opening a new legal front in the fight over the rights of detainees.
In court documents filed with the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., the Justice Department said a new anti-terrorism law being used to hold detainees in Guantanamo Bay also applies to foreigners captured and held in the United States.
US Immigrants May Be Held Indefinitely
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It’s true.
I expect / hope a Democratic Congress will roll back abuses like this and there unquestionably will be court challenges too.
They can roll it back with a new law, but can they override a veto? We have to hope that courts will be more sympathetic to the Constitution than the Bush regime.
Illegal immigrants and non-citizens have no rights protected under the US constitution, nor should they.