Fifth Circuit backs Trump-era detention policy for interior immigrants

A divided 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (2-1) upheld the Trump administration’s policy of detaining millions of undocumented immigrants in the interior without bond hearings, applying to Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The ruling halts decades of practice allowing some detainees to seek release on bond while their cases proceed, and it could lead to mass detention without release hearings, potentially setting up a Supreme Court showdown as other circuits review the policy.