And it warns, once again, that if Taiwan indefinitely refuses to pursue reunification through negotiations, then China will "adopt all drastic measures possible, including the use of force".
Beijing issued the bluntest warning yet that it would not wait indefinitely for Taiwan to reunite with the mainland, saying that if Taiwan, which is to hold presidential elections on March 18, indefinitely refused to pursue reunification, then China would "adopt all drastic measures possible, including the use of force".
The president offered no legal rationale for his plan, and he brushed off questions about the legality of some of the methods he suggested could be employed, such as detaining families indefinitely or refusing migrants a hearing in immigration court.
Since last September, the Bush administration has held people in prison indefinitely and refused to tell the public who is being held or even how many detainees there are.
It's a punitive move, and one that – just like building a wall, separating families, locking people up indefinitely, and refusing asylum seekers entry across the border – is a petty intimidation tactic that will do nothing to actually curb forced migration.
Senate leaders can also hold up a nominee indefinitely by refusing to schedule a confirmation vote.
Those who refuse languish indefinitely.
Most of his remarks focused on sanctuary cities — places like Portland, where police refuse to indefinitely hold undocumented immigrants in jail at the request of federal immigration agents.
Last month, investigators put Mr. Chirac's former chief of staff, Michel Roussin, in jail indefinitely because he refused to answer questions.
Elizabeth Gilson, a lawyer who represents two Uighur brothers who have been held at Guantanmo Bay since 2002, talks about why Bahtiyar Mahnut is willing to stay at the prison, perhaps indefinitely, because he refuses to abandon his brother Arkin.
