Court Rules Illegal Aliens Can Be Locked Up Without Bond

A federal appeals court on Wednesday handed the Trump administration a green light to lock up illegal immigrants without bond.

Mexican national Joaquin Herrera Avila was detained in Minneapolis in August and could not provide proof that he was allowed to be in the U.S. He was detained without bond pending deportation, according to Fox News.

A district court in Minnesota gave Avila the chance to challenge his detention, but the appellate court overturned the ruling.

“We reverse and remand [that ruling] for proceedings consistent with this opinion,” the Eighth Circuit ruled Wednesday. Judge Bobby Shepherd of Arkansas, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, wrote the opinion for the majority in the 2-1 ruling.

Shepherd said the district court ruling classed Avila as “an alien who is an applicant for admission [or] seeking admission …” but noted that because Avila did not seek naturalization or asylum, from a