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A POLITICO analysis shows hundreds of federal judges have largely rejected the Trump administration’s expansion of ICE detentions, with influential jurists across the ideological spectrum driving rulings that order bond hearings, limit detentions, and are increasingly constrained by appellate decisions that curb ICE’s mass-detention policy.
The 11th Circuit ruled that the Trump administration could not detain all migrants without bond under its policy, adding to rulings against the policy across circuits and setting up potential Supreme Court review.
A three-judge Second Circuit panel blocked the Trump administration’s policy of mandatorily detaining most immigrants without bond hearings, ruling the interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act misreads the statute and conflicts with its context and practice; the decision contributes to a circuit split that could reach the Supreme Court.
A 5th Circuit panel upheld the Trump administration’s reinterpretation of immigration law to allow mandatory detention of broad groups of undocumented immigrants without bond hearings, reversing lower courts. The ruling means many interior arrestees can be detained without bond unless ICE paroles them for humanitarian or public-interest reasons. Judge Dana Douglas dissented, while Attorney General Pam Bondi praised the decision.
Over 100 judges have ruled against the Trump administration's mandatory detention policy, which the administration claims is a legal interpretation to enhance national security, but courts have rejected it as unlawful and inconsistent with longstanding legal standards, citing its impact on families and legal rights.
The mother of an 8-year-old migrant girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody last week requested medical aid at least three times the day her sick daughter was pronounced dead at a Texas hospital, government officials said Sunday. The girl, who was born with a heart condition, died on May 17 after experiencing a medical emergency inside a Border Patrol station in Harlingen, Texas. The family was detained in Border Patrol facilities for over a week, despite internal rules that instruct agents to hold migrants for no longer than three days. The agency is investigating the girl's death.