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Immigrants Gain Bond Hearing Rights | Seattle News
A federal appeals court just handed down a major ruling that could free thousands of detained immigrants from automatic, no-bond hearings — overturning a Trump-era policy and challenging how immigration courts like Tacoma have operated. Covering nine western states and Pacific islands, the decision affirms that people inside the U.S. without formal admission are historically eligible for bond hearings, and that the government’s recent interpretation of a 1996 law is an unprecedented shift Congress likely wouldn’t have approved without clear intent. Before this, most detainees couldn’t access…
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