A federal appeals court ruled the Trump administration may continue to detain immigrants without giving them a chance to post bond and get released — going against a lower-court ruling that found the practice illegal.
The ruling comes from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — which has jurisdiction over Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Tucson immigration attorney Mo Goldman says immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally have historically been able to get released from detention on bond while their deportation proceedings progress.
“This new view of the law that occurred last year has resulted in a huge increase in the number of people being detained,” he said.
Goldman doesn’t directly impact his clients who are outside of that circuit court’s jurisdiction, doesn’t directly impact his clients who are outside of that circuit court’s jurisdiction.
“I guess a bigger concern is whether they might start to try to move people into Texas and Louisiana, because ICE can pick up people and transfer them into other circuits,” he said.
Goldman the ruling could affect how other courts rule on the issue. In the 2-1 ruling, the judges said that the Trump administration’s policy of detaining immigrants without bond is constitutional. Judge Dana Douglas, the dissenting vote, argued the practice is unprecedented and inconsistent with immigration law.
-
Voting rights groups are training Arizona residents to become constitutional observers on Election Day. Around 80 people filed into a hotel in Tucson Saturday for an event organized by LUCHA. -
Researchers used bystander video and news reports to put together a database of incidents where pepper spray, rubber bullets and other measures were used by law enforcement — resulting in injuries ranging from cuts and burns, to traumatic brain injuries. -
A congressionally approved federal program has for years provided funding for a handful of legal groups representing immigrant kids in Arizona and elsewhere. The Trump administration moved to end the program last spring. -
Arizona Democrats are demanding answers from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security after several cases of measles were confirmed among people in ICE custody in the state. -
The Kino Border Initiative and Loyola University Chicago School of Law filed a report to the United Nations, arguing conditions at U.S. immigration detention centers violate international human rights standards — including those prohibiting torture.
