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Fourth Circuit Rejects Mandatory Detention Without Bond Hearings; Deep Split Among Appeals Courts
Federal appeals court joins eight others in ruling that the Trump administration's policy of holding immigrants without bond hearings violates the law. Circuit split increases likelihood of Supreme Court review.
10th Circuit Rejects ICE Mass Detention Policy — Fourth Appeals Court Sides Against Trump Administration
The 10th Circuit becomes the fourth federal appeals court to reject the Trump administration's reinterpretation of immigration detention law, creating a widening circuit split as the case heads to the Supreme Court.
11th Circuit Rejects Trump Administration's No-Bond Detention Policy
Atlanta-based federal appeals court ruling blocks Trump administration no-bond detention policy for immigrants, deepening split among circuits and raising Supreme Court review prospects for immigration detention practices.
2nd Circuit Blocks No-Bond Detention Policy: Circuit Split Deepens Over Trump Admin Mandatory Detention Rule
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 28, 2026 that the Trump administration cannot detain immigrants without bond hearings, creating a binding circuit split that points toward Supreme Court review. What practitioners need to know about Barbosa da Cunha v. Lyons.
Second Circuit Blocks ICE's Mandatory Detention for Noncitizens Without Border Apprehension
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that ICE cannot hold most undocumented immigrants in detention without bond hearings, blocking a key part of the Trump administration's detention policy in Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.