Day 170

July 8, 2025

1 documented event

  1. Critical Rights and Rule-of-Law Concern Deportation & Immigration

    Systematic Elimination of Bond Hearings and Indefinite Immigration Detention

    The Trump administration systematically eliminated bond hearings for immigration detainees through a combination of ICE directives and a BIA precedential decision (Matter of Yajure Hurtado). The July 2025 ICE memo and September 2025 BIA ruling together stripped immigration judges of authority to grant bond to anyone who entered without inspection -- a category covering millions of people. As of June 2025, ICE held 57,861 detainees, 71.7% with no criminal convictions, facing indefinite detention without judicial review.

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