The last time the issue of whether the federal government can hold detained immigrants indefinitely without a hearing was before the Supreme Court, the result was a deadlocked decision. Republicans had refused to even hold a vote on Barack Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland. The issue is again before the court, and this time Donald Trump’s confirmed nominee, Neil Gorsuch, could be the deciding vote:
At issue for the court is whether immigrants slated for deportation have the right to a bail hearing and possible release after six months if they are not a flight risk and pose no danger to the public.
The conservative justices were less vocal but expressed skepticism about whether the court should be setting firm deadlines for hearings in immigration cases.
A lawyer for the Justice Department told the high court that noncitizens — whether documented or undocumented immigrants — have no constitutional right to be in the United States.
“The case reached the high court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that immigrants fighting deportation are entitled to bond hearings if they have been held for more than six months,” the Washington Post reports, with the American Civil Liberties Union noting “that the outcome of the case will affect thousands of people held in jail-like detention centers,” and the many more who stand to be swept up by Donald Trump’s mass deportation force
The organization is representing a group of immigrants who were held at least a year without a hearing, including one immigrant here legally who was held for three years.
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