[hushpad]

They are legal residents here.<<

But not citizens - that's the key.

[mrsmith]

Congress has given legal residents many rights.

I suspect something was found in their past that made them unqualified (this ACLU press release only tells one side of the story of course).
If not however, then they were treated unfairly- and unwisely.

[nuconvert]

NO it isn't. They have rights as legal residents