Another appeals court backs Trump administration’s mass detention policy

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein for Politico reports on second federal appeals court has upheld the Trump administration’s policy of detaining the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport from the country without a chance for bond.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled 2-1 yesterday that the administration had properly determined that federal law requires Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport. "That includes millions of immigrants who have long been treated as eligible for bond hearings."

The Eighth Circuit is the second court of appeals ruling in favor of the Trump administration, following a 2-1 Fifth Circuit ruling last month. "The two circuits are widely seen as the most conservative in the country, and similar cases are pending in several other circuits, including the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit and the Chicago-based 7th Circuit, which have seemed inclined to oppose the administration’s view."