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04/25/2003 Archived Entry: "Indefinite detention for asylum-seeking aliens"

... THEN THEY CAME FOR THE ASYLUM SEEKERS .... Now John Ashcroft has decreed that every asylum seeker entering the U.S. may be "detained" indefinitely as a threat to national security. Every single one of them. Regardless of the merits of their claim that they face persecution in their native lands. Regardless of any actual threat.

Posted by Claire @ 08:08 AM CST
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