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Judges Nix Trump's Mandatory Immigrant Detention Policy, Teeing Up Supreme Court Fight

Judges Nix Trump's Mandatory Immigrant Detention Policy, Teeing Up Supreme Court Fight

July 31, 2026 Los Angeles Times Legal Ruling
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals was one of two federal appellate courts to rule this week against the Trump administration's mandatory-detention policy, finding that immigrants who are detained away from the border are entitled to a bond hearing to decide whether they should be freed or remain in detention while their case proceeds. The rulings set up a likely Supreme Court fight over the policy.