Appeals Court gives Trump the win

Eighth Circuit hands Trump administration a major win on ICE detention without bond

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Minnesota district court on Wednesday and ruled that illegal immigrants detained by ICE do not have a right to bond hearings during removal proceedings, the second federal appellate court in a month to back the Trump administration's detention authority.

The split decision out of St. Louis struck down a lower court's habeas corpus order that had freed a Mexican national named Joaquin Herrera Avila, who was picked up by deportation officers in Minneapolis.

The ruling lands squarely in the middle of a legal war over whether the government can hold illegal immigrants without bond while their cases proceed, a question central to the president's mass deportation strategy.

Attorney General Pam Bondi called it a "massive court victory against activist judges and for President Trump's law and order agenda," as reported by Fox News Digital.

The court held that Avila fell under a category of the Immigration and Nationality Act that does not require bond hearings.

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