Supreme Court agrees to review Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants
Summary
The Supreme Court agreed on October 1 to review a Trump administration policy denying bond hearings to detained immigrants, and will decide whether immigrants facing deportation can be held in detention indefinitely while their cases are adjudicated. The case will test a key pillar of the administration's hard-line immigration agenda. Separately, Phone Chomsavanh, a Laotian man deported by the U.S. to Eswatini in July 2025 under the administration's third-country deportation program, was released after more than a year in a maximum-security prison.
Latest: A Laotian man deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has been released after more than a year in prison.
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How it unfolded
Monday 5 October
A Laotian man deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown has been released after more than a year in prison.
Sunday 4 October
Thursday 1 October
The Supreme Court announced it will consider whether immigrants subject to deportation can be held in detention indefinitely while their cases are adjudicated.
- 11:45PBS NewsHourSupreme Court grants review of Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants
- 11:14LA TimesSupreme Court grants review of Trump administration's mandatory detention policy for immigrants
- 09:46NBC NewsSupreme Court to decide lawfulness of Trump’s immigrant detention policy