US appeals court rejects Trump's immigration detention policy
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration's policy of mandating detention without bond for most non-citizens arrested in immigration enforcement actions, ruling that the interpretation of immigration law used to justify the practice is incorrect. The decision conflicts with rulings from two other appeals courts, increasing the likelihood of Supreme Court review. The 2nd Circuit sided with over 370 lower-court judges who have found the administration misapplied the law. The ruling upheld the release of a long-term Brazilian resident detained in 2022.
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People protest against the living conditions of immigrants at the family detention center in Dilley, Texas, on Apr. 18. Reuters-YonhapA federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration's practice of subjecting most people arrested in its immigration crackdown to mandatory detention without the opportunity to seek release on bond.A three-judge panel of the New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Donald Trump's administration had adopted a novel but wrong interpretation of a decades-old immigration law to support a mass detention policy.
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