Bush Proposes Detention for Iraqi Asylum Seekers  Operation
Liberty Shield Could Mean Years in Jail for Immigrants
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Amid throngs of wandering cops, this jittery
city counts the hours until the attack begins. This is the
second day of a standoff between security forces and a lone
farmer who in a protest at agricultural prices drove his tractor
into a pond on the capital's Mall and threatened to blow himself
up.  And today marks the beginning of Bush's crackdown on
immigrants. The president's proposed detention of Iraqis and
others seeking political asylum will involve "tens of
thousands," according to the ACLU. Under the administration's
new Operation Liberty Shield, asylum seekers from Iraq and 33
other countries will be detained until their cases have been
decided. As it now stands, anyone seeking asylum must go through
a hearing to show they have a "credible fear." The asylum seeker
has the burden of proving to the INS that they are not a threat
to the U.S. Under the new rule, they'll go to