Tagged #third-circuit
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Third Circuit rejects ICE mandatory detention policy, revives bond hearing rights
The Philadelphia-based Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled August 28, 2026, that ICE cannot indefinitely detain undocumented immigrants without bond hearings. The decision distinguishes between recently-arrived and long-term undocumented residents.
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Third Circuit Curtails Mandatory ICE Detention for Longtime Residents
U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit rules that immigrants arrested years after entering the country cannot be held without bond hearings under mandatory detention provisions, triggering potential Supreme Court review.
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Third Circuit Strikes Down Trump's Mandatory ICE Detention Policy
Philadelphia-based federal appeals court rules that ICE violated immigration law and the Fifth Amendment by detaining undocumented immigrants without bond hearings.
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