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Trump administration seeks to end bond hearings for immigrants without legal status

Eric Berger

created: July 15, 2025, 8:14 p.m. | updated: July 15, 2025, 11:26 p.m.

The Trump administration is reportedly seeking to bar millions of immigrants who allegedly arrived in the US without legal status from receiving a bond hearing as they try to fight their deportations in court. The departments determined that such immigrants “may not be released from Ice custody”, Lyons reportedly wrote in the memo. “We hope that this guide provides you with helpful information when preparing for your bond hearing. “You’re pretty much guaranteed to be able to remove the person, if there’s a negative finding, if … [they’re] in detention.”The Trump administration had already worked to limit which immigrants can post bond. Previously, people arrested after they had entered the US and placed in regular removal proceedings were eligible for a bond hearing, according to the National Immigration Project, a non-profit whose attorneys have defended immigrants facing deportation.

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