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More "preventive detention" from the bush administration.(Brief Article)
"The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a phone-book-thick proposed rule yesterday that would give the federal government new powers to track the comings and goings of individual travelers and expand the circumstances under which passengers exposed to a serious communicable disease could be isolated or quarantined," reported the November 23 Washington Post.
"The new provisions--the costs of which would fall mostly on the travel industry--call for greater scrutiny of passengers for signs of illness and greater efforts by airlines and others to obtain personal contact information from travelers. They also broaden the list of symptoms that would make people subject to quarantine."
The federal government's constitutional responsibility to protect our borders includes the power to interdict foreigners carrying infectious diseases. But the Bush administration, which has been eager to tear down our border protections, is also notoriously fond of preventive detention.
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