{"id":8191,"date":"2026-07-31T00:35:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/us-appeals-court-rejects-trump-expansion-of-mandatory-migrant-detention\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:35:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:35:18","slug":"us-appeals-court-rejects-trump-expansion-of-mandatory-migrant-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/us-appeals-court-rejects-trump-expansion-of-mandatory-migrant-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"US appeals court rejects Trump expansion of mandatory migrant detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Appeals court rules that the Trump administration cannot deny detained migrants the chance for release on bond.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>A federal appeals court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump cannot deny immigrants <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/28\/ice-extends-lease-on-texas-detention-centre-where-three-migrants-died\">detained<\/a> inside the United States a chance for release on bond.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision with a vote of two to one, with a judge appointed by President Donald Trump in the majority.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/7\/30\/can-the-uns-refugee-convention\">Can the UN\u2019s Refugee Convention survive?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/28\/ice-extends-lease-on-texas-detention-centre-where-three-migrants-died\">ICE extends lease on Texas detention centre where three migrants died<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/14\/mexico-begins-legal-action-in-us-over-deaths-of-its-citizens-in-ice-custody\">Mexico begins legal action in US over deaths of its citizens in ICE custody<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The ruling deepened a split between federal appeals courts over the administration\u2019s mandatory <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/29\/us-appeals-court-rejects-trumps-immigration-detention-policy\">detention policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Four other appeals courts have also rejected the policy, while the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans and Eighth Circuit in St Louis have sided with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>The expanding circuit split increases the likelihood that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/25\/us-supreme-court-paves-way-for-government-to-block-asylum-seekers-at-border\">US Supreme Court<\/a> will eventually take up the issue. The administration last month asked the high court to consider it.<\/p>\n<p>The US Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that it \u201cstrongly disagrees with the Ninth Circuit panel and is confident in its legal position regarding mandatory detention\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Donald Trump and Secretary [Markwayne] Mullin are now enforcing the law as it was actually written to keep America safe,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Under previous administrations, most noncitizens without a criminal record arrested inside the US were allowed to seek a bond hearing while their immigration cases were pending.<\/p>\n<p>Mandatory detention was generally reserved for people arrested at the border.<\/p>\n<p>Last July, immigration officials issued guidance expanding mandatory detention to immigrants in the US interior.<\/p>\n<p>The move \u2013 part of the Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation campaign \u2013 prompted a deluge of federal lawsuits by immigrants seeking release from custody.<\/p>\n<p>Some federal judges who ordered bond hearings blasted the administration for repeatedly violating their orders.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has argued that Congress changed immigration law in 1996 to allow mandatory detention beyond the border, but previous administrations did not enforce the provision.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for the majority in Thursday\u2019s ruling, 9th US Circuit Judge Daniel Bress rejected the argument.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough no reading of the complicated and interrelated textual provisions at issue here is without some shortcomings, the historical understanding of the statute is the better one,\u201d Bress, a Trump appointee, wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He was joined by Judge M Margaret McKeown, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Carlos Bea, who was appointed by former President George W Bush, dissented, saying the text and purpose of an amendment Congress approved in 1996 support the Trump administration\u2019s reading.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appeals court rules that the Trump administration cannot deny detained migrants the chance for release on bond. A federal appeals court has ruled that the administration of President Donald Trump cannot deny immigrants detained inside the United States a chance for release on bond. 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