The Trump administration is using an obscure provision of the PATRIOT Act, for the first time in its 18 year history, to hold a non-citizen it can’t deport in detention forever.

Happy day-after-Thanksgiving! The Trump administration is using an obscure provision of the PATRIOT Act, for the first time in its 18 year history, to hold a non-citizen it can’t deport in detention forever. https://t.co/DkAOWuzHSC

— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) November 29, 2019