US: IMMIGRANTS CAN NOW BE HELD INDEFINITELY FOR "SUSPICION" OF TERRORISM

[kpete]

US: Immigrants may be held indefinitely By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - 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.

Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-Marri, a citizen of Qatar, was arrested in 2001 while studying in the United States. He has been labeled an "enemy combatant," a designation that, under a law signed last month, strips foreigners of the right to challenge their detention in federal courts.

That law is being used to argue the Guantanamo Bay cases, but Al-Marri represents the first detainee inside the United States to come under the new law. Aliens normally have the right to contest their imprisonment, such as when they are arrested on immigration violations or for other crimes.

more at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/detainees_lawsuits_9

[treestar]

1. So they are saying that an alien cannot get out on bail

whether arrested on a criminal charge or even just on immigration status? So long as they are labeled "unlawful combatant."

The bad thing about this for Bushco is that somehow an unlawful enemy combatant ended up in the US. You'd think they'd realize that alone makes them look pretty bad. This would be someone that was on the "battlefield" and then somehow got into the US after that.

[Ms. Clio]

2. this is why impeachment should be an imperative

he thinks he is above all law.

[ContraBass Black]

3. So, members of my family that have lived and worked here most

Of their lives can be locked up forever, for reasons that may never be evidenced in any way.

Oh joy.

[EFerrari]

5. MIne, too. Most are now citizens but a couple are only residents.

[htuttle]

4. Does that include tourists?

If so, Disney is going to love this one...

[magellan]

6. I'd like to know if it includes TERRORists

BushCo are very adept at scaring, hassling and torturing people, but rarely do their methods produce a real terrorist suspect.

[MiniMe]

7. Sounds just a wee bit unconstitutional to me