At least it was reworded several times instead of signed blindly. The indefinite detention sucked big time, but they made it so it doesn't apply to Americans. Small comfort considering the saying "give them an inch and they'll take a mile".
Exactly, especially when they wouldn't and definitely won't bat an eyelash to simply go ahead and revoke a person or group's citizenship if it suits them.
I joked on Facebook that we need to change the motto at Ellis Island from "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" to "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free so we can detain them indefinitely"
Right.