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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Sudhin Thanawala

Trump's immigration crackdown is straining federal courts. Judges are raising the alarm

Immigration Prolonged Detention - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Federal judges around the country are scrambling to address a deluge of lawsuits from immigrants locked up under the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

Under past administrations, people with no criminal record could generally request a bond hearing before an immigration judge while their cases wound through immigration court unless they were stopped at the border. President Donald Trump 's White House reversed that policy in favor of mandatory detention.

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