Supreme Court wrestles with immigration bond hearing dispute

Swim19 · 10-04-2017, 08:23 AM

Supreme Court is once again trying to decide if immigrants held for more than 6 months in detention will automatically be allowed a bond hearing:

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled for the second time over how to resolve whether immigrants detained by the U.S. government for more than six months should be able to seek their release while deportation proceedings unfold.

A majority of the justices appeared sympathetic to the idea that immigrants held long-term should be eligible for a bond hearing that would let them argue for their release.

Some of the court’s conservatives seemed skeptical over whether such a hearing should be triggered automatically after six months, as a lower court had ruled. But conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed concern about detainees being held for lengthy periods without any hearings as a result of government delays, suggesting he could side with the four liberals.

The issue has taken on increased importance as Republican President Donald Trump promises to step up deportations.

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The justices are reviewing an October 2015 ruling by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld a lower-court injunction requiring a hearing after six months of detention. The justices potentially could issue a narrow decision sending the case back to lower courts without resolving the question of whether hearings are required.

The Trump administration, like the Obama administration before it, argued that hearings can be permitted in certain instances but opposed a blanket rule requiring them.

A ruling is due by the end of June.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...medium=partner

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Supreme Court wrestles with immigration bond hearing dispute