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Trump Admin's Mass Detention Rule Sparks Nationwide Circuit Split

5/7/2026

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The administration’s new reading of a 30-year-old immigration law could detain millions of long-time residents without bond, creating a nationwide circuit split.
President Donald Trump’s administration is enforcing mandatory detention of unauthorized entrants while appellate courts review the policy.
Most district judges, including many Trump appointees, have ruled the policy unconstitutional.
The Second Circuit called the rule the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in history and warned it would separate families.

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Story summary

The administration’s new reading of a 30-year-old immigration law could detain millions of long-time residents without bond, creating a nationwide circuit split.
President Donald Trump’s administration is enforcing mandatory detention of unauthorized entrants while appellate courts review the policy.
Most district judges, including many Trump appointees, have ruled the policy unconstitutional.
The Second Circuit called the rule the broadest mass-detention-without-bond mandate in history and warned it would separate families.