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In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court reversed a decision in our case challenging the federal government’s sweeping interpretation of a 1996 mandatory detention law for immigrants.
That interpretation has resulted in gross violations of due process for thousands.
That interpretation has resulted in gross violations of due process for thousands.
For two terms in a row now, SCOTUS has endorsed the most extreme interpretation of immigration detention statutes, allowing mass incarceration of people without any hearing, simply because they are fighting a deportation charge.
We will always fight the gross overuse of detention in the immigration system.
