Appeals court reverses decision on immigrant detention, leaving no-bond policy in place

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a July 2 panel
decision requiring bond hearings for immigrants held under the Trump
administration’s mandatory detention policy. 

For now, that means many immigration prisoners from all over the country
can still be held indefinitely without bond in some of the nation’s
largest detention centers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. The Trump
administration policy requires detention without bond for an immigrant
who crossed the border illegally, no matter how long they’ve been here. 

The appeals court will rehear the case in September.

The Trump administration policy has already been disregarded by many
judges, even Trump appointees in the 5th Circuit states, who have freed
immigrants or ordered bond hearings despite the policy. 

Other appeals courts have struck down the policy as unconstitutional. An
exception is the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has upheld the
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. 

Some judges in the 5th Circuit had already ordered bond hearings or
releases based on the July 2 ruling. The Supreme Court has agreed to
take up a related case and resolve the conflict in its next session
starting in October. 

This report was first published by the Arizona Mirror.

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