US Supreme Court agrees to take up Trump’s ICE detention policy

The case is the latest dispute over US President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown.The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case focused on the Trump administration’s policy requiring millions of undocumented immigrants to remain in detention while they fight deportation.The case, accepted on Thursday by the justices, is the latest dispute over US President Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown to reach the nation’s highest court.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3US citizen injured after wrongly arrested by ICE in Illinoislist 2 of 3Venezuelan man shot by ICE officer in Texas is charged with assaultlist 3 of 3US judge rules Wisconsin mosque leader Salah Sarsour can be deportedend of listAt issue is whether migrants already living in the US have a legal right to a hearing where a judge can decide whether they should be released on bond from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention while their deportation cases are pending.In July 2025, the administration introduced new guidance directing federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrants without a bond hearing for the duration of their deportation proceedings, which can last for years.The new policy, which has divided lower courts, reverses a decades-old interpretation that allowed some immigrants in the US to be released while their cases were pending in immigration court, according to Reuters news agency.Most US federal appeals courts have ruled that immigrants cannot be detained without a bond hearing. But the 5th and 8th US Circuit Courts of Appeals have found that immigrants accused of illegally entering and remaining in the country must remain detained while their deportation cases proceed.Trump administration attorneys told the Associated Press the split is “disrupting the orderly administration of immigration law”.