Eighth Circuit
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Colorado’s chief federal judge breaks with colleagues on issue of mandatory immigration detention
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Chief Judge Daniel D. Domenico broke with his peers on Colorado’s U.S. District Court last week in siding with the government’s argument about the broad scope of its immigration detention authority. In an April 15 order finding that a man was properly in custody without a bond hearing, Domenico acknowledged his view is the outlier…
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Release hearing ordered for Aurora detainee held for 21 months in ICE custody
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A federal judge last month ordered a hearing to determine if a detainee in Aurora who has spent the last 21 months in immigration custody should be released during the remainder of his removal proceedings. More than two decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized a noncitizen’s detention could be constitutionally unreasonable beyond six months. In…