Trump scores 'massive court victory' with appellate ruling on ICE detention

"Massive court victory against activist judges and for President Trump's law and order agenda," Attorney General Pam Bondi said after the St. Louis-based Eighth Circuit reversed a lower court's ruling and deemed many captured illegal immigrants ineligible for such chances to be released.

A district court in Minnesota granted Avila's petition for habeas corpus, or to challenge the legality of his detention, which the Trump administration challenged.

"The Eighth Circuit has held that illegal aliens can be detained without bond - following a similar ruling from the Fifth Circuit last month. The law is very clear, but Democrats and activist judges haven't wanted to enforce it. This administration will," Bondi said.

"Imagine how many illegal alien crimes could have been averted if the left had simply followed the law?"

"If Congress wanted to make clear that 'seeking admission' was an independent requirement in the statute, it could have easily done so," the court added.

"The Eighth Circuit just overturned an activist judge and upheld ICE's mass detention policy in a 2-1 ruling," he said, as a Trump appointee joined Shepherd in concurrence and another dissented.

"Key decision: Illegal aliens already inside the U.S. can be detained without bond during removal proceedings. This is a massive victory for the deportation mission. Leftist judges can no longer force DHS to simply release invaders into our communities to commit more crimes. Huge L for open borders," Eagleman said.

In his dissent, Trump-appointed Judge Ralph R. Erickson of Minnesota said that with the exception of a single DUI conviction, Avila had lived as a law-abiding resident for just under 20 years.

"In doing so, the court does not rely on recent congressional action or a change in the regulations governing detention but rather engages in a novel interpretation of 'alien seeking admission' that eluded the courts and five previous presidential administrations," he said.