A fourth appeals court rejects ICE mass detention policy

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A Denver-based federal appeals court Tuesday became the fourth to reject ICE’s bid to subject millions of people — most of whom have lived in the U.S. for years and have no criminal records — to the prospect of detention without bond. A unanimous three-judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the Trump administration’s unprecedented expansion of mass detention relies on an inaccurate reading of decades-old laws that had never been used for the breathtaking scope of the Trump administration’s mass detention effort.

The ruling, authored by Biden appointee Richard Federico, repeatedly emphasized that the fight — which has flooded courthouses all over the country and led to an overwhelming rebuke of the administration by hundreds of distinct court judges — is likely headed for the Supreme Court.

“In our circuit, thousands of noncitizens are likely subject to mandatory detention under the Government’s newfound statutory reading and policy,” wrote Federico, joined by Obama appointee Robert Bacharach and Reagan appointee David Ebel. “Many more legal battles over this policy are currently playing out in courts across the country. Five circuits have already weighed in. Ultimately, only one court, the Supreme Court, can settle this issue once and for all.”

The ruling echoes similar decisions in the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit, the New York-based 2nd Circuit, and the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit. Two appeals courts, the 5th Circuit and the 8th Circuit, have sided with the Trump administration.

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