Court Says Undocumented Minors Have the Right to a Bond Hearing
A three-judge panel ruled Wednesday that immigrant children held in detention are entitled to present their case before an immigration judge.
Unaccompanied and undocumented immigrant children have the right to a court hearing to determine whether they can be released, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the government’s argument that laws passed after the1997 Supreme Court case replaced the bond hearing requirement by giving a federal agency authority over
