New ICE Policy Blocks Detained Migrants From Seeking Bond – WSJ

WASHINGTON The Trump administration is attempting to make millions of immigrants living in the country illegally ineligible to be released from detention on bond as they fight their deportation cases, according to a memo viewed by The Wall Street Journal.

The policy shift, issued under what is known as interim guidance by acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons last week, will apply to all immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, no matter when. Lyons told officers in a memo that such immigrants should remain in detention throughout their deportation proceedings, which can stretch for months or even years, according to the memo.

The move marks a significant departure from decades of practice, when immigration judges had the latitude to release someone from detention on a bond if they weren t deemed a flight risk. Immigration law states that all immigrants in the country illegally must be detained while their fates are decided, but with limited beds available in ICE jails, the government had considered the law effectively impossible to enforce.

The Biden administration dangerously unleashed millions of unvetted illegal aliens into American communities and they used many loopholes to do so, Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said. President Trump and Secretary Noem are now enforcing this law as it was actually written to keep America safe.

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