Trump’s Immigration Court Detention Precedent Vacated by Judge

A California judge has vacated the Board of Immigration Appeals decision that Trump administration immigration judges around the country have relied on to deny detained noncitizens a chance to argue for their release.

The decision, known as Yajure Hurtado, formalized the administration’s novel approach to immigration law, under which they claim thousands of noncitizens arrested inside the country are subject to mandatory detention. Judge Sunshine Sykes in a Wednesday order in the US District Court for the Central District of California said her initial decision denying a request to vacate the decision was “an act of judicial restraint,” but ...