A court ruling allowed rounding up foreigners on race or religion

Evidence

In a troubling development, the courts later ruled that the government has the right to detain immigrants on the basis of their race, religion, or national origin, and it can legally imprison immigrants indefinitely, as long as their eventual removal from the country is “reasonably foreseeable.” — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1052 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Courts shifted from protecting aliens to endorsing state employment discrimination against them — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 1087; A judicial system can apply one restriction to minorities while exempting the majority — Neil DeVotta, Sinhalese Buddhist Nationalist…, 256; Colorblind national-security pretexts let courts uphold racial bans they reject elsewhere — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 640 (+13 more)

Broader Connections

• Courts upheld detention of immigrants based on race, religion, or national origin. #corroborates (0.92) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1052
• Muslims can evade racialization by concealing religious difference #complicates (0.72)