Guantanamo Bay. Abu Ghraib. Bagram. Secret CIA prisons across the globe. The highest incarceration rate per capita of any country in the world. Habeas Corpus--the law of the land since its founding--abolished by Congress and the President last October.
Since September 11, 2001, the country of my birth has crawled under the rock of fear and become a shadowy reflection of its former self.
That’s why today is so important. On this hot summer day, tens of thousands of Americans will participate in the American Civil Liberties Union-sponsored Day of Action to Restore Law and Justice. As we rally on streets across the country and meet with our Senators and Congresspersons in their local offices and on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing to discuss the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act, a version of which the U.S. Senate Judiciary passed last week.
May my country move out of the shadows and back into the light of day.