(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) condemned today's Justice Department decision to place most "boat people" arriving in the United States into fast-track removal procedures and to detain them while their asylum claims are pending. The organization stressed that detention should not be used to deter people from fleeing persecution and seeking asylum. According to today's Federal Register notice, the new policy, effective immediately, "will assist in deterring surges in illegal migration by sea." It further states that "illegal migration by sea threatens national security by diverting valuable United States Coast Guard and other resources from counter-terrorism and homeland security responsibilities." thank you osama
do you guys think this thread would have worked if i titled it differently? say... racist usa keep negro refugees out!!! fleeing haitians in usa lockdown!!! hmm? whaddya think?
Not really, Spookz. The detention of illegal immigrants issue has been sorta done to death recently due to Australian problems with the same thing.
