Foreigners in the US on work-visas (ahem) will soon have to provide authorities with biometric data (retina prints, hand geometry, etc) and can be imprisoned, well, forever, without cause or trial, thanks to the USA Act. Colour me nervous.
Section 412 of the final version of the anti-terrorism legislation, the Uniting and Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (H.R. 3162, the "USA PATRIOT Act") permits indefinite detention of immigrants and other non-citizens. There is no requirement that those who are detained indefinitely be removable because they are terrorists.
