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The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s order releasing Mohsen Mahdawi from ICE detention, ruling jurisdiction lies with immigration court and directing dismissal of his lawsuit challenging detention; Mahdawi has argued the detention infringes free-speech protections.
A federal appeals court in the 2nd Circuit rejected the Trump administration’s plan to detain most immigrants awaiting deportation without bond, calling it the broadest mass-detention mandate in U.S. history; the ruling applies to Connecticut, New York and Vermont and highlights a circuit-by-circuit split as DHS defends the policy and vows to continue pursuing it in higher courts.
A federal appeals court in the 2nd Circuit, in a 3-0 decision, rejected the Trump administration’s bid to detain the majority of people targeted for deportation without a bond hearing, saying the policy rests on a flawed interpretation of decades-old law and would create a massive, unconstitutional mass detention system. The ruling highlights a circuit split on the issue and could push the case toward the Supreme Court as thousands of detainees challenge their detention.