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Legal residents' rights curbed in detainee bill

By Farah Stockman
Globe Staff / September 28, 2006

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WASHINGTON -- A last-minute change to a bill currently before Congress on the rights of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay could have sweeping implications inside the United States: It would strip green-card holders and other legal residents of the right to challenge their detention in court if they are accused of being ``enemy combatants." (Full article: 959 words)

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