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Mar 27, 2026

Appeals Court Gives Trump Big Win With ‘Massive Victory’ on ICE Detention

A second federal court ruled Tuesday that individuals detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are not entitled to bond hearings, addressing a legal issue that has emerged in challenges to Donald Trump’s deportation policies, Fox News reported on Wednesday.

The case centered on Joaquin Herrera Avila, a Mexican national who was arrested in Minneapolis in August. Authorities said he was unable to provide documentation authorizing his entry into the United States and was subsequently detained without bond while facing removal proceedings.

“Massive court victory against activist judges and for President Trump’s law and order agenda,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said following the St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit decision to reverse a lower court’s ruling. The Eighth Circuit also ruled that many captured illegal immigrants were ineligible for any release.

The appellate court’s ruling came after a federal judge in Minnesota granted Avila’s petition for habeas corpus, or the right to challenge the legality of his detention, which the Trump administration subsequently challenged, Fox noted.

“We reverse and remand [that ruling] for proceedings consistent with this opinion,” the Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday in a split decision. George W. Bush-appointed Judge Bobby Shepherd of Arkansas wrote for the majority.

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