NY State Senator Advocates Torture of American Citizens for Domestic Crimes

The Boston marathon bombing unfortunately is bringing considerable anti-foreigner elements to the forefront.  ImmigrationProf previously reported how, among others Senator Rand Paul, have invoked the bombing as a reason to derail comprehensive immigration reform.  There have been calls (by Senators John McCain and Lindsay Graham, no less) for labelling the lone remaining suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, as an “enemy combatant” and sending him to Guantánamo.   Adding fuel to the fire, NY State Senator Greg Ball brazenly admits in a vaguely coherent rant on CNN that he would torture the surviving Boston bomb suspect — a U.S. citizen — to save lives.  Even Ron Paul says that torture violates international law.

KJ