An Ohio-based federal appeals court Monday became the latest to reject ICE’s effort to detain the vast majority of people it is seeking to deport without offering a chance for bond — even if they’ve lived in the U.S. for decades without incident.
A divided panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration’s mass detention policy — the latest victory for immigrant advocates on a likely march to the Supreme Court. The ruling follows similar victories in the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit and the New York-based 2nd Circuit. Two appeals courts, the 5th Circuit and the 8th Circuit, have sided with the Trump administration. Another, the 7th Circuit, deadlocked on the issue.
“Petitioners are more than just names on a pleading. Petitioners have lived in the United States for years or decades,” Judge Eric Clay, an appointee of Bill Clinton, wrote for the majority in Monday’s ruling, which was joined by Judge Guy Cole, Jr., another Clinton appointee.
