Hochul pardon ends Supreme Court bid on immigrant bond hearings

The Supreme Court has dismissed the case as moot after New York Governor Kathy Hochul pardoned Keisy Guerrero Mariano, effectively ending the Trump-era effort to rule on whether prolonged ICE detention requires a bond hearing. The Second Circuit had held that detention can violate due process if it lasts unreasonably long, prompting the administration to pursue a ruling in the 2026-27 term, but Mariano’s late-August pardon halted the case and sparked debate among legal experts about the use of pardons to sidestep high-stakes litigation.