OUTRAGEOUS! Far-Left Ninth Circuit Rules Illegal Aliens Arrested Inside US Cannot Be Held in Mandatory Detention
by Jim Hᴏft Jul. 30, 2026 2:00 pm
“ICE Conducts a Fugitive Operation Targeting Criminal Aliens Across Florida” by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Public Domain Mark
Divided panel deepens nationwide circuit split and sets up another potential Supreme Court immigration showdown.
The notoriously liberal Ninth Circuit handed the Trump administration a major setback Thursday, ruling 2–1 that illegal aliens apprehended inside the United States generally cannot be subjected to mandatory detention without access to a bond hearing while they fight deportation.
In Rodriguez Vazquez v. Bostock, the divided panel affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of a class of illegal aliens detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington.
The majority, led by Trump-appointed Judge Daniel Bress and joined by Clinton-appointed Judge Margaret McKeown, held that aliens present without admission who are apprehended in the interior fall under 8 U.S.C. § 1226 (which allows for bond hearings) rather than the mandatory detention provisions of § 1225(b)(2)(A).
https://www.alipac.us/f12/outrageous-far-left-ninth-circuit-rules-illegal-aliens-arrested-inside-us-cannot-440647/
