U.S. Supreme Court gives Trump victory on immigration detention

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WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday endorsed U.S. government authority to detain immigrants awaiting deportation anytime - potentially even years - after they have completed prison terms for criminal convictions, handing President Donald Trump a victory as he pursues hardline immigration policies.

The conservative-majority court ruled 5-4 that federal authorities could pick up such immigrants and place them into indefinite detention at any time, not just immediately after they finish their prison sentences.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-supreme-court-gives-trump-victory-on-immigration-detention/ar-BBUXyap?li=BBnbcA1

[Nevilledog]

1. This case has to do with "criminal aliens"

In most cases, if a person is here illegally and they are convicted of a criminal offense, ICE puts a hold on them so once their sentence is served they go into federal custody for deportation. This case deals with those individuals who serve their criminal sentences and then are released because there was no hold on them. This ruling interprets the applicable laws to say the feds still have the authority to arrest and detain, indefinitely, people who should have had a hold placed on them before they were released.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/16-1363

I read this very quickly, but this is my understanding.