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Second US appeals court upholds Trump's immigration detention policy
The Eighth Circuit's 2-1 ruling allows mandatory detention of undocumented immigrants without bond, impacting over 1,000 cases in Minnesota and aligning with the Fifth Circuit decision.
- On Wednesday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision allowing the Trump administration to detain immigrants without bond hearings, overturning a prior lower court ruling.
- The case centers on Joaquin Herrera Avila, a Mexican national arrested in Minneapolis last August for lacking legal documentation, challenging a policy that previously allowed long-term residents bond hearings.
- U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen estimated that approximately 80% of the more than 1,000 habeas filings in Minnesota federal courts hinged on this legal issue, while Circuit Judge Ralph Erickson dissented.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi lauded the decision as a triumph over "activist" judges, but immigration attorney David Wilson, representing Avila, called the outcome "disappointing."
- This ruling follows a similar Fifth Circuit decision earlier this year, with legal experts anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court will likely need to resolve the appellate court conflict.
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Trump Scores Another "Massive Court Victory" At The Appellate Level - The American Tribune.com
A second federal court ruled on March 25 that illegal aliens arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers do not have to face bond hearings, a step that would have been a bump in the road for President Donald Trump and his immigration enforcement operations. The case heard before the court involved Mexican national Joaquin Herrera Avila, who was taken into custody in Minneapolis last August. Avila failed to produce the required legal…
Appeals court sides with Trump administration on detaining immigrants without bond
The opinion from a panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking legal documents be given a bond hearing before an immigration judge.
US Appeals Court Sides With Trump Admin on Detaining Immigrants Without ...
The U.S. may continue to detain immigrants without bail, ruled a court of appeal on Wednesday, which is a victory for the Trump administration’s immigration repression. The opinion of a panel of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required a Mexican citizen arrested for lack of legal documents to have a bail hearing before an immigration judge. This is the second appeal court to rule in favor of …
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