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Federal Judge Throws Out Immigration Board’s Ruling Backing Trump’s Detention Policy

Federal Judge Throws Out Immigration Board’s Ruling Backing Trump’s Detention Policy

A federal judge in California on Feb. 18 threw out an administrative board’s decision backing the Trump administration’s use of mandatory detention for illegal immigrants arrested in nationwide enforcement operations.

U.S. District Judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision after finding that the federal government failed to comply with her earlier order declaring unlawful the underlying policy denying detainees the chance to seek release on bond.

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