澳彩开奖 statement on Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in Jennings v. Rodriguez
We are disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling today in聽Jennings v. Rodriguez.听
In reversing the Ninth Circuit鈥檚 decision, the Supreme Court allowed some immigrants to be detained for years without the right to intermittent bond hearings to determine whether their continued detention is justified.
We doubt that Congress so fundamentally ignored the principles of fairness, justice, and proportionality upon which our system is based, but with the Supreme Court so interpreting the statute, the courts must determine whether the statute passes constitutional muster.
Prolonged and indefinite聽detention of people is聽cruel,聽a waste of resources,聽and a needless boon to the private prison companies who profit off of聽long-term detention. The Supreme Court has directed the lower court to expressly consider whether the Constitution allows the indefinite detention of immigrants. We hope the Ninth Circuit upholds the basic American value that no government may detain someone without judicial review and basic fairness.
Through our聽Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI),聽the 澳彩开奖 will continue representing people聽in immigration bond hearings to safeguard due process and protect civil rights.听
We also are committed to double down in our efforts to engage in litigation and other advocacy challenging the constitutionality of indefinite detention and other violations of immigrants鈥� civil and human rights.
