] In the strange world of immigration law, detention is
] indefinite and "the burden is on the girls to prove that
] they are not potential suicide bombers, rather than on
] the government to prove they are,"

They're young! They're Muslim! They MUST be suicide bombers! Hey DoJ jackasses, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." The very first thing in there is religion. I'm not very partial to religion in general, but it doesn't get much more straightforward than that.

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