US EditionFederal judge says immigrants in Washington state have right to bond hearings
The ruling overturns a policy denying bond hearings to many detained immigrants, with Tacoma judges granting bonds in only 3% of cases, the lowest rate nationwide.
- U.S. District Judge Tiffany Cartwright issued a ruling Tuesday restoring bond hearings for some Tacoma detainees, granting summary judgment that holding them without hearings violates the Immigration and Nationality Act.
- Over the summer the government adopted the Tacoma Immigration Court's restrictive interpretation, making many noncitizens ineligible for bond hearings, and on July 8, Todd Lyons formalized this policy nationwide.
- The Tacoma case was filed in March on behalf of Roman Rodriguez Vazquez, and Tiffany Cartwright's 59-page order records Tacoma judges granted bond in only 3% of requests in fiscal year 2023.
- The ruling restores bond hearings for class members who entered without admission, according to NWIRP attorney Matt Adams, providing relief for long-term residents.
- The ACLU sued in Massachusetts, arguing bond denials violate due process, while NWIRP and the ACLU pursue a California lawsuit seeking nationwide change; NWIRP says the Tacoma ruling is limited to Tacoma detainees.
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Federal judge says immigrants in Washington state have right to bond hearings
A federal judge has ruled that some migrants held in Tacoma, Washington, can request bond hearings. The decision challenges a President Donald Trump-era policy denying bond hearings for detained migrants.
Federal Judge Says Immigrants in Washington State Have Right to Bond Hearings
Some migrants being held in the immigration detention center in Tacoma, Washington, have the right to request to be released on bond, under a federal judge's order that says a new Trump administration policy denying bond hearings for jailed migrants is unlawful.
Tacoma judge opens door for immigrants detained in U.S. to be released on bond
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that the Tacoma Immigration Court’s practice of denying bond hearings to people who entered the United States without admission is unlawful. The Tuesday ruling comes after attorneys representing a class of noncitizens detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma filed a class-action lawsuit in March challenging what they called a draconian ...
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