Ninth Circuit Rules Against Trump's Mandatory Detention Policy for Illegal Immigrants

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled 2-1 that illegal aliens apprehended inside the United States generally cannot be subjected to mandatory detention without access to a bond hearing while they fight deportation. The decision deepens the nationwide circuit split on the issue and sets up another potential Supreme Court immigration showdown. The ruling means immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally but are later arrested inside the country generally cannot automatically be held without bond in the Ninth Circuit.