US Politics
A Judicial Check on Mass Detention: The 9th Circuit Reaffirms Liberty in Immigration Law
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that many immigrants detained within the U.S., not at the border, must be given a chance for bond hearings, striking at the Trump administration's practice of mass detention. This decision is a crucial, hard-fought step back toward the fundamental American principles of liberty and due process, which have been shamefully eroded for decades in our immigration system.