US Immigration Detention

A federal judge in California has expanded a decision allowing more detained immigrants to request bond hearings. Lawyers say thousands could benefit, but the order is expected to be appealed. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Sunshine S. Sykes expanded an order from last week. It grants detained immigrants with no criminal history the opportunity to request a bond hearing. The decision now applies to immigrants held nationwide. It challenges a Trump administration policy change from July. The Department of Homeland Security has not confirmed if it will appeal the decision.

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from making widespread immigration arrests in the nation’s capital without warrants or probable cause that the person is an imminent flight risk. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell in Washington granted a preliminary injunction sought by civil liberties and immigrants rights groups in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. An email to the department after hours Tuesday was not immediately returned. Plaintiffs’ attorneys argued federal officers were frequently patrolling and setting up checkpoints in Washington, D.C., neighborhoods with large numbers of Latino immigrants and then stopping and arresting people indiscriminately.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security has dropped its plan to deport a Chine…