Appeals court rules Trump's mandatory detention policy illegal

A federal appeals court says the Trump administration’s policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release recalls some of the darkest moments in the nation's history. The opinion issued Thursday by a divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals cited the mass detention of Japanese Americans during World War II and Chinese immigrants in the late 1800s. The 4th Circuit became the ninth federal appeals court to reject the administration’s mandatory detention policy.

Two other appeals courts have upheld it, creating a split that increases the likelihood of review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement it was confident in its legal position.

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