Immigration and Nationality Act

The U.S. Supreme Court in early March ruled 5 to 3 in the case of Jennings v. Rodriguez that the Immigration and Nationality Act does not permit regular bail hearings for undocumented immigrants detained by U.S. immigration officials, according to The Atlantic. The five justices of the majority ruled that the Immigration and Nationality Act statute does not permit bail hearings for immigration prisoners and accordingly authorized officials to hold detainees for weeks, months and even years. In 1994 the Immigration and Naturalization Service, … [Read more...] about USSC rules bail hearings undocumented immigrants