ICE’s Expanding Detention Without Bond Hearing Threatens Core American Liberties

In a move signaling a drastic shift in immigration enforcement, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has quietly expanded its authority to detain individuals who entered the United States illegally, denying them the basic right to a bond hearing before an immigration judge. This change, authorized by acting ICE Director Todd Lyons on July 8, taps into a legally broad but seldom used provision from a 1996 law, allowing ICE to lock up migrants with no individualized judicial review unless Homeland Security explicitly grants exceptions. Have We Crossed the Line Between Enforcement and Overreach? At first glance, this policy might...