The Supreme Court agreed to review the Trump administration’s policy of indefinitely detaining immigrants who crossed the border illegally years ago, signaling the court plans to weigh in on major pieces of President Trump’s aggressive deportation agenda as it begins its new term on Monday.
The policy is a departure from past practice, when
such migrants were generally allowed an opportunity to seek release after a
hearing before a judge.
The justices previously announced that they would
fast-track a separate case testing the administration's policy of deporting
immigrants to countries where they have no ties, including nations that have
faced allegations of human rights abuses.
Between the two cases, the justices will consider the
legality of some of the most controversial aspects of the Trump
administration’s efforts to rapidly expel millions of migrants living in the
United States.
The justices also added two other cases to the docket
of issues they will hear and decide by next June.
One is a Kentucky case about whether a federal religious
discrimination law protects a group of Catholic priests who want to build a
shrine to the Virgin Mary over neighbors’ objections. The other is a divorce dispute over military benefits originating in
North Dakota.
The immigration case the court accepted on Thursday involved
noncitizens who entered the United States illegally but had been living in the
country for years. For decades, such people could be released on bond pending
additional court proceedings, so long as they were not found to be a threat to
public safety or a flight risk.
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