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Headline Roundup March 20th, 2019

Supreme Court Endorses Government Authority To Detain Immigrants

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The Supreme Court has endorsed the government's authority to detain immigrants waiting deportation anytime after completing prison terms.

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Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention
Trump gets a U.S. Supreme Court victory on immigration detention

Reuters

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed the U.S. governmentโ€™s authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies.

The court ruled 5-4 along ideological lines, with its conservative justices in the majority and its liberal justices dissenting, that federal authorities could place such immigrants into indefinite detention anytime without the possibility of bail, not just immediately after they finish prison sentences.

The ruling, authored by conservative...

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Supreme Court upholds ICE detention without bail for serious criminals
Supreme Court upholds ICE detention without bail for serious criminals

Washington Times

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Immigrants living in the U.S. with serious criminal records can be held without bail while awaiting deportation even if ICE didnโ€™t immediately pick them up when they were released from prison or jail, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

The 5-4 decision marked another rejection for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the liberal panel that covers the countryโ€™s West Coast and that has tested a number of legal theories on immigration law.

In this case, the 9th Circuit had ruled that under the law, if U.S. Immigration and Customs...

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Supreme court gives Trump victory on detaining immigrants with criminal convictions
Supreme court gives Trump victory on detaining immigrants with criminal convictions

The Guardian

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Court rules 5-4 that authorities can detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime after they have completed prison terms

The US supreme court on Tuesday endorsed US government authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation at any time โ€“ potentially even years โ€“ after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies.

The court ruled 5-4, with its conservative justices in the majority and its liberal justices dissenting, that federal authorities could pick up such immigrants and place them into indefinite detention...

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