Trump loses again after appeals court orders ICE to hold bond hearings for deportees

Key Points:

• A federal appeals court ruled that immigrants detained by ICE must receive a bond hearing within 90 days of arrest, striking down a key Trump administration policy that denied such hearings and expedited deportations without due process.
• The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision, authored by Judge Leslie Southwick and joined by Judge James Graves, emphasized constitutional rights to hearings before deprivation of liberty; Judge Cory Wilson dissented.
• The ruling challenges the administration’s mandatory detention policy, which kept immigrants in custody regardless of criminal history or length of U.S. residence, leading to thousands of lawsuits alleging due process violations.
• This decision is expected to impact immigration detention practices especially in Texas, where many detainees are held, and could set the stage for a Supreme Court review of the administration’s immigration enforcement policies.
• The ruling follows recent Supreme Court decisions that both supported and limited Trump’s immigration actions, including upholding restrictions on green card holders and asylum seekers but blocking efforts to deny citizenship to children born in the U.S. to certain immigrant parents.