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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin Move to Keep Asylum-Seekers Locked Up

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U.S. District Judge Marsha Pechmans said Attorney General Barr’s effort to deny asylum seekers a bond hearing went against the Fifth Amendment.

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A federal judge blocked a Trump administration policy to deny asylum-seekers bond hearings that would allow them to wait for their upcoming court cases out of detention, The Associated Press reports.

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