Posted on 07/22/2026 5:17:30 PM PDT by CFW
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals barred lower court judges from releasing migrants who claim the Constitution requires their release before they can be deported.
“Another big win out of the 5th Circuit,” said an X post by James Percival, the General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security. He continued:
DHS’s [2025] change in legal position on illegal alien detention restored the policy set by Congress and rejected a misreading of the law that perpetuated open borders for decades.
“It’s not too late to take a $2,600 check and a free flight home,” he added, referring to the push by DHS to encourage migrants to self-deport before being arrested.
“Big win for President Trump!” noted Eric W, a conservative lawyer with an X account. He added:
"The full Fifth Circuit took the case. And tipping their hand, today they stayed the district court order. Due Process habeas releases should be OVER in the Fifth"
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
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Here is the link to the court’s decision:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.228932/gov.uscourts.ca5.228932.199.1.pdf
From the article:
“The court decision is important because many elite-funded lawyers are being paid to spring illegal migrants from detention before ICE can either send them home or persuade them to go home via “voluntary removal.” This year, judges have released more than 11,000 illegals detained by ICE before they could be deported.
Once released, the migrants can skip location and restart working to raise money for lawyers. More importantly, the hope of a quick release causes detained migrants to fight and delay their formal deportation instead of agreeing to a fast-track voluntary removal. Also, every fight and delay reduces the number of illegal migrants who can be deported each month by ICE.”
Excellent.
There is one case though, where an illegal was attempting to self deport, and ICE hasn’t let him go.
Great news! Deport and be happy 👍
Will wonders never cease!
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