Jerry Brito

At least they have sham trials in Cuba

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Bad-cop-in-chief John Ashcroft “ruled” yesterday that “Broad categories of foreigners who arrive in this country illegally can be detained indefinitely without consideration of their individual circumstances if immigration officials say their release would endanger national security,” according to The Washington Post.

And he doesn’t mean Saudis and Yemenis; he’s talking about Haitians and Cubans. Teased out, the theory goes something like this: continued mass migration is tying up the coast guard, which in turn can’t focus on other things, and this is a threat to national security.

Asked if locking up people indefinitely without hearings would constitute a violation of due process rights, Ashcroft said it wasn’t clear if asylum seekers had any. Well, if we ever figure out whether they do, we’ll at least know where to find them.

Apr 25, 2003 | Comments