The US Supreme Court agreed on Thursday to hear a dispute over a policy by the Trump administration that subjects millions of immigrants in the United States illegally to mandatory detention during their deportation proceedings. The court will decide if the policy of detaining immigrants while they await hearings is legal.
The high court will consider whether immigrants subject to deportation can be held in detention indefinitely while their cases are adjudicated. Specifically, the court will determine if the administration can detain tens of thousands of immigrants without access to bond hearings.
The Supreme Court also put on hold a federal judge's order that required people who are being deported to get notice and a chance to argue their case. This case is the latest dispute over President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown.
The legal battle will test a key pillar of the Trump administration's hard-line immigration agenda. It promises to be among the most consequential cases of the Supreme Court term that officially begins next week.