Due process has been denied, ruling says
A protester is pictured during a June 2018 march in Los Angeles to protest the federal policy of separating children from their parents at the Southern border during the first Trump administration. On Tuesday, California Judge Sunshine Sykes declared relief to migrants who have “entered or will enter the United States without inspection.” File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
A California judge ordered the Trump administration to issue bond hearings to currently detained migrants awaiting deportation trials.
On Tuesday, Judge Sunshine Suzanne Sykes declared relief to migrants who have “entered or will enter the United States without inspection.” She included those not detained initially upon entering the United States.
It found the administration under U.S. President Donald Trump denied immigrants due process and further disallowed possibility of bond release. It now clears the way for a class-action lawsuit.
Nearly 65,000 are being held by the U.S. in immigrant detention centers, which spiked from an estimated 30,000 or more over recent years.
It’s the first ruling applied nationwide after similar past decrees sided with immigrant plaintiffs and representative groups.
Meanwhile, the White House has attempted to broaden the definition of individuals able to be detained. Trump administration officials sought to expand it to include yearslong U.S. inhabitants vs. recent arrivals.
The judge’s decision means only those who are recently arrived can be considered migrants seeking U.S. asylum.
“It is unambiguous that ‘applicants for admission’ do not include noncitizens already in the United States,” Sykes wrote.
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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on Tuesday. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
