Donald Trump’s Supreme Court appointees were part of the conservative majority that just handed his administration yet another devastating weapon in its continued war on immigrant families:
The Supreme Court held on Tuesday that the government can detain—without a bond hearing—immigrants with past criminal records, even if years have passed since they were released from criminal custody. The case centered on whether detention without a bond hearing must occur promptly upon an immigrant's release from criminal custody or whether it can happen months or even years later when the individual has resettled into society. The statute says simply that the detention can occur "when the alien is released" from custody.
“During oral arguments,” tweeted attorney Mark Joseph Stern, “it really seemed like Gorsuch, and maybe even Kavanaugh, would side against the Trump administration. They didn't. 5–4 vote. Really bad day for immigration rights.” CNN reported that Justice Stephen Breyer “took the unusual step” of reading the dissent from the bench. "It runs the gravest risk of depriving those whom the Government has detained of one of the oldest and most important of our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms: the right not to be deprived of liberty without due process of law,” he read.
“For two terms in a row now, the Supreme Court has endorsed the most extreme interpretation of immigration detention statutes,” said Cecillia Wang of the American Civil Liberties Union, “allowing mass incarceration of people without any hearing, simply because they are defending themselves against a deportation charge. We will continue to fight the gross overuse of detention in the immigration system.”