bond hearings

Supreme Court Holds No Statutory Mandate for Bond Hearings

Today, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, ruling that the right to periodic bond hearings for detained aliens during their detention was not provided by any detention statute: 8 USCA § 1225(b) (detention pending credible fear interviews and consideration of applications for asylum), § 1226(a) (discretionary detention pending a decision on removal), or § 1226(c) (mandatory detention pending a decision on removal...