Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Trump Administration's Mandatory Immigrant Detention Policy

A federal appeals court has once again struck down the Trump administration's policy that subjected millions of immigrants to mandatory detention without access to bond hearings. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals is the ninth federal appeals court to deem this policy unlawful, reinforcing hundreds of district court decisions. The ruling stems from habeas corpus petitions filed on behalf of immigrants affected by the administration's reinterpretation of immigration laws, which previously allowed detained individuals to seek release from an immigration judge.