Trump administration’s immigrant detention policy broadly rejected by federal judges

By: Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University, The Conversation

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Published: December 10, 2025

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By Cassandra Burke Robertson, Case Western Reserve University

In federal courtrooms across America, a pattern has emerged in cases in which immigrants are being rounded up and jailed without a hearing. That’s a departure from fundamental constitutional protections in the U.S. that provide the right to a hearing before indefinite imprisonment.

In response, federal judges are systematically rejecting the Trump administration’s attempt to drastically expand who can be locked up without a hearing …

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