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US high court rules against detained immigrants seeking release

Asylum seeker and former immigrant detainee Mateo Lemus Campos attends a protest against conditions in Adelanto Immigration Detention Center, outside ICE headquarters in Los Angeles, California, US, July 24, 2018 [Lucy Nicholson/Reuters]

The Supreme Court has ruled against immigrants who are seeking their release from long periods of imprisonment while they fight deportation orders.

In two cases decided Monday, the court said that the immigrants, who fear persecution if sent back to their native countries, have no right under a federal law to a bond hearing at which they could argue for their freedom no matter how long they are held.

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