07/01/2026
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BREAKING: In Fourth Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Mass Detention Scheme
A federal appeals court in Denver just delivered another major blow to Trump's immigration crackdown, becoming the fourth circuit court in the country to reject ICE's attempt to detain millions of people without bond.
The unanimous three judge panel, appointed by presidents from both parties, ruled that the Trump administration twisted a decades old law to justify locking up people who have lived in the United States for years with no criminal record.
The judges did not hold back. They wrote that thousands of people are being subjected to detention under a reading of the law that has never been used this way before, and that the fight is almost certainly headed to the Supreme Court.
This is not an isolated ruling. More than 460 federal judges across the country have now rejected the Trump administration's approach in over 9,500 cases. Only 54 judges have sided with the administration.
Four circuit courts have now ruled against Trump's policy. Only two have sided with him. The math is not close, and it is not partisan. Judges appointed by Reagan, Obama, and Biden all agreed on this panel that the administration overstepped the law.
For nearly a year, ICE has been detaining people without the chance to prove to a judge that they pose no threat and belong in their communities. Courts across the country are now saying, over and over again, that this policy is illegal.
The Trump administration already asked the Supreme Court to step in. When it does, it will be facing a wall of judges from across the political spectrum who have told them the same thing again and again: this is not how the law works.