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Gov't Documents Prove Abuse of Patriot Act, Says ACLU

(CNSNews.com) - The federal government is blocking foreign scholars who disagree with the Bush administration's policies from entering the country, according to a leading civil rights watchdog. But advocates for stronger immigration laws argue that the government is only trying to protect the U.S. from terrorists and their supporters. The American Civil Liberties Union claimed Wednesday - based on government documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request - that officials are misusing the PATRIOT Act's "ideological exclusion" provision to keep academics who oppose the U.S. government's agenda out of the country. "The American public suffers when our government abuses anti-terrorism laws to shut out voices and ideas that it doesn't want us to hear," said ACLU attorney Melissa Goodman. "America has a rich tradition of robust academic debate. The government dishonors that tradition when it censors ideas at the border." Full Story