ACLU class action lawsuit argued federal government wrongly incarcerated more than 100 people a year in Massachusetts jails under “mandatory detention” provision.
BOSTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2014. In a ruling that could enable more than 100 Massachusetts detainees per year to argue for their freedom, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has rejected the federal government’s application of a “mandatory” immigration detention provision that prevents certain noncitizens from requesting release on bond during…
