Fifth Circuit backs Trump-era detention policy for interior immigrants
TL;DR
A divided 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (2-1) upheld the Trump administration’s policy of detaining millions of undocumented immigrants in the interior without bond hearings, applying to Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The ruling halts decades of practice allowing some detainees to seek release on bond while their cases proceed, and it could lead to mass detention without release hearings, potentially setting up a Supreme Court showdown as other circuits review the policy.
- Appeals court greenlights Trump admin policy of detaining undocumented immigrants without opportunity to seek release cnn.com
- Appeals court backs Trump’s mass detention policy Politico
- U.S. appeals court upholds Trump's immigration detention policy NBC News
- Appeals court endorses Trump policy of holding many ICE detainees without bond hearings cbsnews.com
- Federal judge in Georgia calls out ICE for continuing to deny bond hearings AJC.com
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