US EditionAppeals Court Rejects Trump Administration's Mandatory ICE Detention Policy
The ruling deepens a split over a policy that would keep millions of noncitizens jailed without bond, judges wrote.
- On Tuesday, the New York-based 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's policy of mandatory detention for long-term immigrants, affecting Connecticut, New York and Vermont.
- Last year, the Department of Homeland Security reinterpreted a 1990s immigration law, classifying long-term residents as "applicants for admission" and subjecting them to mandatory detention without bond hearings.
- Circuit Judge Joseph Bianco sided with over 370 lower-court judges rejecting the administration's position, warning the policy would create the "broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in our Nation's history for millions of noncitizens."
- DHS vowed to continue enforcement, claiming "judicial activists have been repeatedly overruled by the Supreme Court," while the 5th and 8th Circuit Courts previously endorsed the policy, raising Supreme Court intervention odds.
- The decision upholds release of Ricardo Aparecido Barbosa, a Brazilian national detained after living in the United States for over 20 years, which Michael Tan of the American Civil Liberties Union praised.
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Court Rejects ICE's Mass Detention Policy
A federal appeals court has thrown a major wrench into the Trump administration's immigration detention strategy. In a unanimous decision, a three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected Immigration and Customs Enforcement's effort to hold most people facing deportation without any chance at...
April 28, 2026 – NEW YORK – Agencies. The Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit today rejected the Trump administration’s new policy of subjecting millions of immigrants to mandatory detention based on their way of entry, regardless of how long they have lived in the country. For decades, immigrants in removal proceedings who are detained by the government have generally had the right to seek their release before an immigration judge. By mid 20…
Trump Administration Immigration Detention Lawsuit Ends in Major Court Defeat — What's Next?
The Trump administration cannot hold immigrants indefinitely without the chance to apply for bond, according to a Tuesday ruling from a federal appeals court. The panel expressed 'serious constitutional questions' about the policy, which they argued would have established an unprecedented mass-detention system for millions of people. By blocking the order, the court prevented what it described as the most expansive mandate of its kind in the his…
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union-bulletin.comAn appeals court ruled against ICE's mandatory detention policy, paving the way for a likely Supreme Court showdown
A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled against the policy of President Donald Trump's administration to mandate detention for nearly all undocumented immigrants encountered by federal authorities, a decision that will almost certainly send the controversial matter to the U.S.…
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