The ruling reverses decisions by lower courts that had considered the Government’s position to be illegal, and provides a legal shield to continue mass detentions and deportations during its immigration offensive.
An appeals court endorsed the policy of the Government of US President Donald Trump, which allows large groups of undocumented migrants whom it intends to deport to be held without bail.
In a divided three-judge ruling, the court upheld the Trump administration’s position, which reinterpreted an immigration law to hold that undocumented migrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are not entitled to a bond hearing.
“After carefully reviewing the relevant provisions and structure of the Immigration and Nationality Act, the statutory history, and congressional intent, we conclude that the government’s position is correct,” the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said in its ruling, issued late Friday.
This law dates back more than 30 years and requires the detention, without bail hearings, of all applicants for admission to the United States.
However, previous governments barely applied it to those who recently arrived in the country, especially along the southern border with Mexico. Instead, undocumented migrants had the right to bond hearings and to convince an Immigration judge that they were not a flight risk.
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The ruling reverses decisions by lower courts that had considered the Government’s position to be illegal, and provides a legal shield to continue mass detentions and deportations during its immigration offensive.
The Attorney General of the United States, Pam Bondi, celebrated the judicial victory with a message on the social network
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has jurisdiction over the states of Texas and Louisiana, where a large portion of the country’s migrant detention centers are located.
Other appeals courts are expected to rule on the matter in the coming days, in a case that could reach the Supreme Court.
With information from the EFE agency
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