The legal fight over mandatory detention isn’t just about one policy tweak. It’s about the basic rules of the game when the government decides who gets to stay free and who sits in detention while their case plays out. Under the Trump administration’s policy, certain noncitizens—often those with past criminal convictions or specific immigration violations—could…
Bond Hearings, Borders, and Biblical Justice
The recent federal court ruling requiring bond hearings for many detained migrants has added even more fuel to the immigration debate. A federal judge pushed back on a broad executive interpretation that effectively denied bond to wide categories of migrants, ruling that many are entitled to individualized bond hearings before an immigration judge. In plain…
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