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Four appeals courts have ruled against the administration’s policy of mandatory detention, and two have backed it. The Supreme Court could hear the issue next.

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In mid-2025, the Trump administration instituted mandatory detention for anyone detained who had entered the country illegally at any point.Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images file

July 2, 2026, 5:43 PM EDT

By Suzanne Gamboa

The Trump administration was handed another immigration policy loss when a fourth appeals court struck down its practice of indefinitely locking up people arrested by immigration authorities and denying them bond regardless of how long they’ve been in the U.S.

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