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[novapsyche]

Judge Rules That U.S. Has Broad Powers to Detain Noncitizens Indefinitely

A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled yesterday that the government has wide latitude under immigration law to detain noncitizens on the basis of religion, race or national origin, and to hold them indefinitely without explanation.

The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit by Muslim immigrants detained after 9/11, and it dismissed several key claims the detainees had made against the government. But the judge, John Gleeson of United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, allowed the lawsuit to continue on other claims, mostly that the conditions of confinement were abusive and unconstitutional. Judge Gleeson's decision requires top federal officials, including former Attorney General John Ashcroft and Robert S. Mueller III, the F.B.I. director, to answer to those accusations under oath.

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[thedoorsgirl.livejournal.com]

hi there. i found your journal one day when i was searching for interesting journals to read. i really enjoyed reading your posts. would you mind if i add you to my friend's list? would you add me back?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

Sure. I don't mind new friends. :)

Although my friends list is incredibly huge and many things scroll out of my sight before I can respond to them in any sort of an effective manner. I'm trying to be better about this, though.

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

Sigh. So apparently non-citizens are not people. Despite what the USCIS tells folks applying for citizenship, which is that the only right reserved to citizens is the right to vote. (Have a look at question 75, page 11, of http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/citizenship/flashcards/M-638.pdf.) No other rights are specifically reserved to citizens; in fact, the Constitution refers to "persons" rather than to "citizens" for that reason.

*headdesk*