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WaPo: Trump Admin Denies Bond Hearings to Immigrants Who Entered Without Approval

HeadlineJul 15, 2025

The Washington Post is reporting the Trump administration is revoking access to bond hearings for people who entered the U.S. through non-approved channels, ordering officers to detain them for the length of their removal proceedings — a process which can take months or even years. The rule will apply to people who’ve recently entered the U.S., as well as those who have been here already for decades. Immigration expert Aaron Reichlin-Melnick asserted the policy is based on faulty interpretation of existing law, warning, “If immigration judges begin to adopt this interpretation nationwide … it will mean even less due process. It will mean more people flown around the country and jailed far from lawyers, loved ones, and hope. And that’s the goal.” Trump’s massive tax and spending package allocates $45 billion to expand immigrant prisons and is set to nearly double ICE’s current detention capacity, locking up some 100,000 people a day.

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