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Three weeks ago, Ashcroft made an even more sweeping decision in a case involving David Joseph, 18, a Haitian who arrived in the U.S. illegally last October. He and 215 other undocumented immigrants from Haiti and the Dominican Republic scrambled ashore in Biscayne Bay, Fla. On arrival, Joseph petitioned for asylum as a political refugee. An immigration judge okayed his request, and an appeals board supported the judge, ruling that Joseph was neither a danger to the community nor a flight risk. But Ashcroft, who has the final say in all immigration cases, stepped in to demand that Joseph...
Time and again, people rounded up after 9/11 have not been permitted to talk to lawyers. Civil libertarians are especially uneasy about the legal no man's land at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where more than 600 captives from the war in Afghanistan are still being held and have not been accorded prisoner-of-war status. The government justifies this on the grounds that it needs to question them, but most of the interrogations are over. And it recently emerged that among the detainees are three boys from ages 13 to 15. The rules governing military...
Cutting a deal that clears the way for Harvard to purchase a 91-acre parcel of land in Allston, the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) tentatively agreed on Thursday to drop its eminent domain claim on part of the land. But the deal is not a complete victory for the University—if it does purchase the land under these new stipulations, Harvard will have to plan around the train tracks and storage facilities that currently reside there...
...latest set of twists, the Massachusetts Bay Transport Authority (MBTA) announced that it intends to seize the 47 acres on which the railyard sits through “eminent domain,” giving $33 million in compensation, rather than see the land sold to Harvard. In response, State Sen. Jarrett T. Barrios ’90-’91—who represents both Cambridge and Allston—pledged to introduce legislation preventing seizure of the land by the MBTA. He has called upon Harvard and the MBTA to work together to ensure adequate transportation planning...
...went on statewide television to repeat his pledge to balance the budget without touching taxes or popular services. His rationale? He had supposedly uncovered $2 billion of wasteful spending in the state budget. This would have been quite a notable accomplishment—if it were true. Unfortunately for Bay Staters, the claim was false. After facing media scrutiny, Romney was forced to backtrack...