US launches new bid to keep migrants detained by denying hearings, memo shows


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  • Tuesday, 15 Jul 2025

FILE PHOTO: Handcuffs are carried after being removed from detained migrants who boarded a plane after being transferred from an ICE detention facility, at Gary/Chicago International Airport, in Gary, Indiana, U.S., June 20, 2025. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is launching a new effort to keep immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally detained by denying them bond hearings, an internal memo showed, a change that could further swell the numbers of those held.

The guidance by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a portion of which Reuters reviewed, could be applied to millions of people who crossed the border illegally and are contesting their deportation.

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