I'm just going by what happened to the man in the story. He was arrested for filming buildings.
As for everything else you're talking about, I don't know enough about the subject, obviously.
This is not WWII. This is different from any war America has fought. Sure, it's one thing to catch someone doing things I mentioned in my previous reply to you, it's another thing to just assume that someone is a terrorist.
My son in law's family emigrated to America from India. He's a wonderful guy, and my daughter is lucky to have him for a husband. He's never been to Tijuana and wanted to take us all down for the day. I told him no way. I had enough trouble the last time when I went to purchase medication. Now I need to warn him about filming in public. No he doesn't wear a turban, but he can be mistaken for other nationalities. He is well educated, and dresses nicely. If he were treated like the man in this story for some stupid reason, it would horrify us.
Please don't bring Kerry into this discussion. At least not to me.
I had an old colleague who is originally from India wander across the international bridge on a trip to Canada without his US passport. It did not take long to get that straightened out. So I would not suggest your son in law needs to be particularly careful other than to keep his passport handy if he were to go to Mexico. I would advise that of anyone.
Had the man in this story been a US citizen or a legal resident, he would have had no problem. He should not have been held six months like he was and the way to prevent that is to have public hearings to determine they should have a military tribunal rather than a trial. I think several people have said this and I agree.