Report: High Stakes Detention Showdown Could Reshape Immigration Enforcement

The Supreme Court’s decision could ripple far beyond the two individuals involved.

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court is stepping into one of the most explosive immigration battles in the country, agreeing to hear a case that could dramatically expand, or rein in, the federal government’s power to detain immigrants without bond hearings.

At the center of the legal firestorm: whether Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can lock up certain non-citizens for months, or even years, while deportation proceedings drag on, without giving them a meaningful chance to ask a judge for release.