US Supreme Court Rules Undocumented Immigrants Can Be Detained Indefinitely

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 2017 that immigrants should get bond hearings after being detained for six months. Prior to the ruling, immigrants – both legal and undocumented – could be held in detention until their cases were resolved, no matter how long that took. The Supreme Court in its Feb. 2018 decision ruled that detained immigrants are not entitled to periodic bond hearings.