09/09/2025
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court gave ICE broader authority to justify arrests based on whether someone “looks like” an immigrant, in this case, Hispanic, and whether they are speaking another language, in this case, Spanish.
U.S. citizens and those with lawful status who are wrongfully detained should eventually be released once they prove their status. But to avoid the trauma, danger, or risk of physical harm that can come from being arrested by ICE in the first place, please, please carry proof of your status or your US citizenship with you at all times.
Separately, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) has issued a deeply troubling decision: people who are detained are now considered subject to mandatory detention (meaning no eligibility for release on bond) if they entered without permission, even if they were brought to the U.S. as children or heck are children themselves now. This ruling flies in the face of both logic, existing law, and compassion.
Please, be extremely careful. These decisions reflect the harsh shift in immigration enforcement.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/end-bond-immigration-court-trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/end-bond-immigration-court-trump
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26085902-25a169-order/
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Under new policy, such immigrants would not be able to request bond from immigration judge before deportation