Supreme Court to review no-bail policy for immigrants awaiting hearings

A man is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Oct. 14, 2015 in Los Angeles. ICE agents said the immigrant, holding a green card, was a convicted criminal. /PHOTO- JOHN MOORE:GETTY IMAGES
A man is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Oct. 14, 2015 in Los Angeles. ICE agents said the immigrant, holding a green card, was a convicted criminal. /PHOTO- JOHN MOORE:GETTY IMAGES

ACLU claims previous high-court ruling is based on statistics understating length of detentions

By Jess Bravin | The Wall Street Journal

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a Justice Department appeal of a 2015 lower-court decision requiring bail hearings for immigrants who have been in detention for at least six months awaiting deportation proceedings.

However, the American Civil Liberties Union—which won a lower-court ruling requiring bail hearings after six months—said recently disclosed hearing records show a2003 high-court precedent the Justice Department cited to bolster its case was partly based on government-supplied information that understated the length of immigration detentions.

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