Trump team to deny hearings in new bid to keep migrants detained, memo shows
Congress passed a spending law this month that provides funding to detain at least 100,000 people, a steep increase over the record 58,000 in custody by late June.The Washington Post first reported the new ICE policy limiting bond hearing eligibility, citing a July 8 memo by its acting director, Todd Lyons.The guidance shared with Reuters called for ICE to interpret several immigration law provisions as "prohibitions on release" after an arrest, adding the shift in policy was "likely to be litigated."It encouraged ICE prosecutors "to make alternative arguments in support of continued detention" during immigration court hearings.The new policy appeared to reverse legal standards governing detention for decades, said Tom Jawetz, a former homeland security official in the Biden administration, calling it "a radical departure that could explode the detention population."The US Department of Homeland Security and ICE did not immediately respond to requests for comment.- EndsTune InMust Watch
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