The US Attorney General on Tuesday struck down a decision that had allowed some asylum seekers to ask for bond in front of an immigration judge, in a ruling that expands indefinite detention for some migrants who must wait months or years for their cases to be heard.
Typically, those migrants are placed in"expedited removal" proceedings - a faster form of deportation reserved for people who illegally entered the country within the last two weeks and are detained within 100 miles of a land border. Migrants who present themselves at ports of entry and ask for asylum are not eligible for bond.
"I conclude that such aliens remain ineligible for bond, whether they are arriving at the border or are apprehended in the United States," Barr wrote. Barr said he was delaying the effective date by 90 days"so that DHS may conduct the necessary operational planning for additional detention and parole decisions."
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