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Ariana Baio

Supreme court to hear case challenging Trump’s immigration detention policy

A detainee gestures through a lit window above a razor-wire fence at a detention centre
A detainee gestures near a window during ongoing protests against ICE outside the Delaney Hall detention center, in Newark, New Jersey, on 5 June 2026. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to take up a case challenging the Trump administration’s practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US and awaiting deportation proceedings.

At the center of the immigration case is a dispute over Donald Trump’s reinterpretation of a longstanding policy that has led to a huge surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers.

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