Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Trump Administration's Mandatory Detention Policy for Immigrants

The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a previous panel's ruling, affirming the constitutionality of the Trump administration's policy that denies bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country unlawfully, regardless of their duration in the U.S. The court's majority opinion stated that whether immigrants pose a flight risk or public danger is irrelevant to their detention under the statute.