Posted on 07/31/2026 3:47:51 AM PDT by Red Badger
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).
The court claimed Congress in 1996 never intended the strict no-bond rules to apply to those who successfully snuck past the border and embedded themselves in American communities for years.
Judge Carlos Bea dissented, correctly arguing that the statute treats those who entered without inspection as “applicants for admission” who are “seeking admission,” and therefore subject to mandatory detention.
Bea pointed out the absurdity of Congress requiring detention for those stopped at the border while letting those who evade detection and live here illegally walk free on bond to potentially abscond. Read the Ninth Circuit’s 99-page opinion here.
The Ninth Circuit’s decision binds courts across California, Arizona, Nevada, Washington, and other states in the circuit—precisely the regions that have long served as magnets for illegal immigration and sanctuary policies. It guarantees more habeas petitions, more releases, and more opportunities for illegal aliens to disappear while their cases drag on for years.
The ruling means immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally but are later arrested inside the country generally cannot automatically be held without bond in the Ninth Circuit. pic.twitter.com/AzHpAptHuV
— SCOTUS Wire (@scotus_wire) July 30, 2026
Exactly!
Exactly!
And start removing them from the bench.
And this time we go back to what the founding fathers originally intended without any libtards.
Can they be held UNTIL their bond hearing?
A little creativity can go a long way.
EC
My thought was have assembly line bond hearings with bond automatically set at $1M.
That infamous Ninth Circuit Court is still causing problems I see. I had thought I read something that measures were to be taken concerning that particular court.
Just send them all to Texas where the 9th circuit doesn’t have jurisdiction.
They talk about splitting it up into separate new districts but they never do..............
Ignore this ruling.
L
There’s a point to sticking to the word “invaders” or as you say, “unlawful enemy combatants”. A court can say that “illegal aliens” can’t be detained.
President Trump, ICE and Border Patrol should ignore this ruling by a rogue judge.
This court is always outrageous!
Yes, he should.
So, arrest them and immediately put them on a plane out of the country.
They can present their legal dealings from offshore
F@#$in’ morons. SCOTUS has already ruled that the existing law, created by GOP and Demos, gives DHS the right to hold and deport just on basis of what agents in the field say.
This is just more of the “due process” garbage that all commie trash have been lying about. Due Process is already in existing law, and DHS agents embody that law. THEY = Due Process.
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