10/02/2026
“For many years, these people had the ability of due process and to be able to request their release while their deportation proceedings were pending,” said immigration attorney Cesar Luna, who said it was “very important.”
“Now, the fact that people are in jail for many, many month, really prevents them from going through the actual process and their ability to defend themselves in court,” Luna said.
The Supreme Court agreed to take up ICE’s mandatory detention policy, the Trump Administration’s practice of holding people in custody without the opportunity for a bond hearing.