Court Hearing: Immigrants Whove and Case Pits

court hearing: The issue for the court is whether people the government has detained while it is considering deporting them can make their case to a judge that they should be released, according to Metro News. The case pits the Obama administration against immigration advocates, and the court hearing comes as President-elect Donald Trump has said he will step up deportations. The justices heard argument in a class-action lawsuit brought by immigrants whove spent long periods in custody, including many who are legal residents of the United States or are seeking asylum. Even as the current administration has pushed for comprehensive immigration reform and tried to help longtime U.S. residents who are in the country illegally, it has moved aggressively to deport more recent immigrants and those who have been convicted of crimes. The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the immigrants, including Mexican immigrant Alejandro Rodriguez, who was detained for more than three years without a bond hearing. The number of people in detention awaiting deportation has ballooned to more than 40,000, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing the immigrants in the Supreme Court. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.