A Trump administration policy to detain migrants without a chance for release on bond harkens back to the mass detention of Japanese Americans during World War II, a federal court said Thursday.In a 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S.Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the administration's mass detention policy, a major part of President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda."Mass detention of marginalized individuals without due process harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country’s history," the court wrote.BIDEN JUDGE OVERRULED ON KEY TRUMP IMMIGRATION POLICYA group of undocumented migrants is deported by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents across the McAllen–Hidalgo–Reynosa International Bridge in McAllen, Texas.A federal appeals court blasted the ICE policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release on bond.
(Felix Marquez/AP Photo)Nine federal appeals courts have now separately ruled that U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) new mandatory detention policy is illegal, concluding it could apply to recent arrivals at or near the border, but not to migrants determined to be living elsewhere within the country.Two other appeals courts have upheld it, meaning the U.S.
Supreme Court is likely to take up the case in its upcoming term.TRUMP SCORES SCOTUS ASYLUM WIN — BUT LIBERAL JUSTICE WARNS IT COULD BACKFIRE AT BORDERFederal agents detain a man after attending a court hearing in immigration court at the Jacob K.Javitz Federal Building on June 30, 2025 in New York City.
(Michael M.Santiago/Getty Images)Immigrant rights groups say basic due process is being violated when longtime residents are denied bond hearings during removal proceedings."The courts have resoundingly rejected the administration’s cruel policy and its blatant disrespect for the rule of law," said My Khanh Ngo, senior staff attorney with the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project.
"We are thrilled for our clients and their families."Mass arrests o...