DOJ Backs Bush Official On Post-9/11 Detention Policy

By Jimmy Hoover (January 18, 2017, 5:14 PM EST) -- The federal government defended former U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's controversial "hold until cleared" policy for immigrants detained following the Sept. 11 terror attacks in oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday, saying the Bush administration official's cautious approach didn't violate clearly established civil rights....

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