1.   Another issue that Ms. Meissner hopes Congress will revisit is mandatory detention of individuals during deportation proceedings.

2.   Advocates for the asylum seekers predict protests will continue until the policy of mandatory detention, which still enjoys broad support among Australians, is overturned.

3.   Even the immigration service has expressed some doubts about the law on mandatory detention.

4.   Kim filed a petition of habeas corpus, and, after six months in detention, won a district court ruling that the mandatory detention provision was unconstitutional.

5.   Meanwhile, he serves mandatory detention under INS law, working for a dollar a day in the recreation yard.

6.   The asylum seekers at Woomera, largely from the Middle East, have said their chief demand is to be moved out of mandatory detention.

7.   The Immigration and Naturalization Service had actually opposed the mandatory detention provision when Congress was considering it.

8.   The Labor Party also backs mandatory detention for illegal immigrants.

9.   They must determine if they are a flight risk, judge whether they pose a danger to the community and decide if they meet the requirements for mandatory detention.

10.   When the immigrants enter Australia without a previously assigned visa or valid identification they are subject to mandatory detention, according to the Department of Immigration.